I banged on my software, kicked it from the sides, and it coughed up this puzzle. Not a pretty one, but the Sudoku Explainer says that it’s decently difficult (8.5). So no nice pattern this time; instead, I put a diagonally symmetric “Tortoise” puzzle in the “Books” section of this forum ("Tortoise" is not as decently difficult though – 7.3).
So long,
Oscar
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