Tinsel and Baubles
(Published on 23. December 2025, 16:16 by marty_sears)
Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Adjacent digits on green tinsel have a difference of at least 5.
The digit on a gold bauble indicates exactly how many times that digit appears on green tinsel.
Solution code: Row 8 from left to right
Comments
on 8. January 2026, 22:37 by blackjackfitz
Huzzah!
on 4. January 2026, 08:04 by davidz32z
Merry Christmas! What a delightful little treat with quite a challenging break in that I had to mull over for quite some time! A fun mental journey with the counting baubles constantly knowing they were useful while finding them so useless until it clicked
on 2. January 2026, 09:37 by tstaffor
Really fun! I loved slowly discovering the "universal truths" of the ruleset.
on 27. December 2025, 16:43 by ViKingPrime
It's been a long journey but I believe you've achieved peak Marty with this one. Excellent work with the tinsel, elegant simplicity with the artwork.
on 27. December 2025, 01:51 by virus_dave
Lovely puzzle with a very enjoyable line of reasoning to break in, thank you!
on 26. December 2025, 18:46 by extremelypuzzled
Ooof! Lovely puzzle, but tough on a full stomach. Merry Christmas!
on 26. December 2025, 10:53 by mscha
Whew!
The final step of the break-in eluded me for days, but I finally got it just now! Beautiful logic!
Merry, um, Boxing Day...
on 26. December 2025, 09:09 by Klausku
Brilliant construction. What a christmas treat. Lots of thinking and counting and coloring and circeling. Thanks Marty!
on 26. December 2025, 00:51 by giusb
Excellent! Looked harder than it actually was but definitely 2* for me. Obviously a lot of thinking to get started but then it flowed beautifully afterwards.
on 25. December 2025, 15:32 by Exigus
Those clues worked beautifully together. Thanks!
on 25. December 2025, 00:32 by Hengist
Absolutely incredible, just wow! Merry Christmas from the land of whispers!
on 24. December 2025, 20:53 by little_turd
Once I got all the numbers in, it was fairly simple. Enjoyed!
on 24. December 2025, 15:07 by Clementi
Merry Christmas Mister Sears
on 23. December 2025, 23:29 by richcard
Thank you for this beauty, Marty. Happy Christmas!
on 23. December 2025, 23:25 by juggler
Really nice counting logic, flows very smoothly. Fun puzzle!
on 23. December 2025, 19:52 by Myxo
Lovely!
on 23. December 2025, 18:56 by sujoyku
Wow, what a break-in idea! Thank you for this lovely puzzle, Marty!
on 23. December 2025, 17:50 by RebelSystem
Rather lovely with a couple of Aha moments finding out how the logic of the lines and counting had to work. Happy Christmas to you, whatever the word means or doesn't mean in your life. Thanks for so much excellence this year.
on 23. December 2025, 17:05 by zeniko
Clever and pleasantly rewarding variant. Thanks for sharing and happy holidays!
on 23. December 2025, 16:45 by eladv
Finally! My X-mas gift is finally being first to solve a Marty Sears Puzzle. And what a puzzle it is! This was so much fun! 2* for me, but the "counting circles" variant took quite a bit of thinking to figure out how it works.
