The Nutcracker
(Eingestellt am 22. Dezember 2025, 20:00 Uhr von Scojo)
I set these puzzles during 2024's CTC Secret Santa Exchange as a gift for Katie Splendor.
Part 1:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- A pink Renban line consists of a consecutive sequence of digits in any order. The two dancers are two separate renbans that share a cell.
- Neighboring digits on a green German Whispers line have a difference of at least 5.
- Teddy bears separate digits where one is double the other. Not all possible teddy bears are shown.
- Sparkles separate consecutive digits. Not all possible sparkles are shown.
Solve Part 1 in SudokuPad

Part 2:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- A digit on a soldier represents how many of that digit appear on a soldier.
- A digit on a mouse represents how many of that digit appear on a mouse. The mouse king (the one wearing the crown) is counted as a mouse for the purpose of this rule, but does not contain the same digit as any other mouse.
Solve Part 2 in SudokuPad

Part 3:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Region borders divide the blue Region Sum Line into segments with equal sums.
- Digits separated by a tree sum to 10. Digits separated by a snowflake sum to 5. Not all possible trees and snowflakes are shown.
Solve Part 3 in SudokuPad

Part 4:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Digits in cages cannot repeat and must sum to the clue in the top left corner of the cage.
- Digits along a marked diagonal sum to the clue next to the arrow, and may repeat if allowed by other rules.
- All clues have been encrypted. Each sweet represents a digit from 0-9, and no two sweets represent the same digit. A two digit clue may not have 0 as its leading digit.
Solve Part 4 in SudokuPad

Lösungscode: Row 3 of Part 4
Gelöst von SKORP17, gdc, jalebc, Exigus, JustDoggy, rkond, mcc, aqjhs, NotSoMagnifique
Kommentare
Heute, 04:03 Uhr von NotSoMagnifique
Tried to solve it again from scratch before entering the solution code, but I think I'm groggy from all the Christmas prep. Thank you again for the wonderful present!
Gestern, 01:41 Uhr von Exigus
Lovely interpretation and and very nice puzzles. A little tricky in places but overall 3* for me. Thanks!