Not very fun fact: The very day I created this puzzle, a few hours later, my daughter was in a traffic collision that ended up relying on her comprehensive car insurance coverage to resolve. Everybody was fine, though only one car drove away from the scene. And no, she didn’t know I’d given this puzzle this name. Just an un-lucky coincidence.

Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Digits within cages do not repeat, and sum to the total in the top-left corner of the cage, if given.

Estimated difficulty: 1.5 out of 5

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Sometimes I think I should create a separate tag for puzzles so full of cages there’s no other constraint. Like Predator 6, and this one. If I ever do, I should update this text, since it will no longer apply.

Update: It was finally time. The “Killer Cages” tag applies to all puzzles with cages, while the new “Killer Sudoku” tag now applies to puzzles with all cages.

Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Digits in cages do not repeat, and sum to the small number in the top left corner of the cage, if given.

Estimated difficulty: 1.5 out of 5

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It’s a killer of killers. Like the animated movie. Which is the sixth movie in the series! I think I’ve missed a few. But not that one! It’s great. I remember the first two, and this one. Oh, and Prey! That was great, too.

Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Digits in cages sum to the small number in the top left corner of that cage, if given, and do not repeat within the cage.

Estimated difficulty: 1.5 out of 5

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The coloring is cosmetic. More or less.

Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Digits within cages do not repeat, and sum to the total  in the top-left corner of the cage, if given.

Estimated difficulty: 2 out of 5

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