Pincer: A Sudoku Grid Really Squeezing and Piling on the Pressure!

Today's Puzzle:

Don't be fooled by today's puzzle's difficulty rating as it is certainly a tougher one with a lovely break-in that took this Sleuth 8 whole minutes!

Link to Play Along:

Pincer by sdholmes http://tinyurl.com/SudokuSleuthPincer

Rules:

Normal sudoku rules apply.

Thermometers increase from bulb to tip.

Cages show their sum.

Arrows sum to the number in the circle.

A white dot indicates consecutive digits.