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(Published on 20. December 2024, 02:54 by SecondBlue)
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Find all the snowmen! Snowmen are 1 cell wide and 2 cells tall. The base of a snowman is a larger number than it's head. Snowmen cannot be orthogonally adjacent to hot digits (7,8,9) otherwise they will melt. Snowmen also cannot contain the hot digits (7,8,9).
Each 3x3 box contains exactly 1 full snowman or part of exactly 1 snowman.
German Whispers: Digits on a green line differ by at least 5.
Thermometers: Digits on a thermometer increase in value from the bulb to the tip.
X's: Digits separated by an X sum to 10. Not all X's are given.
Solve in SudokuPad
Solution code: row 9 in order from left to right
Solved by arteful, mihel111, Dentones, askaksaksask, itweb, SincereEngineer, erml, SKORP17, Chaka, Sedum, Isael, SXH, Clara123, Azumagao, Tupple22, Da Letter El, zonka
Comments
on 21. December 2024, 16:59 by Chaka
Wow, amazing new logic appearing during the solve! Truly a fantastic debut, SecondBlue!
on 20. December 2024, 13:02 by askaksaksask
Congrats on the debut! I loved this adventure with the snowman ruleset (and seasonally appropriate!) Tricky to get a foothold, great logic throughout, and smooth after the halfway mark. Bravo.
on 20. December 2024, 04:35 by mihel111
Very interesting concept.
Good job.