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grey grey grey (#2)

(Published on 15. December 2025, 22:47 by DocLogic)

Standard Sudoku rules apply. All 3 grey circles under the questionmark lines contain the same digit. But I need your help with the 3 grey questionmark lines: which one follows which rule?

- one German Whispers line: the digits have a difference of at least 5 to their neighbor(s)

- one Thermometer: digits increase, starting from the bulb. Oops, no bulb, you'll have to figure out at which end of the line the bulb is

- one Renban line: all digits along that line form a consecutive sequence in any order

Kropki: white dots link cells which have a difference of 1. Black dots link cells which have a ratio of 1:2. Not all possible dots are given.

Sudokupad: Link to Sudokupad

F-Puzzles-Link: F-Puzzles link

PS: If you like this puzzle, please also try my first 'grey grey grey'-Sudoku:

grey grey grey

Solution code: row 7 from left to right

Last changed on on 16. December 2025, 07:08

Solved by nunc, AN_not_IO, jguer, Harold, SKORP17, tiredsudoku, Postnormal, Teithiwr, jalebc, BorisTheSnake, drolli38, flaemmchen, LehanLehan, myothername, zuzanina, Ragna, philolologue, MB_Cyclist, Karitsu, ... rameshsrivats, jordanza, Tank, Dolores_N, Cristal, macronate, Spillo, n87, RJQ297, snuuba, geronimo92, puzzlelad, JRaunak, PuzzlePatzer, Shmartus, ildiko, Nensche777, AnnaTh, ott.tech, Teck, Dotty
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Comments

on 17. December 2025, 12:48 by Snookerfan
Fun puzzle! I did not solve it as cleanly as I would like. Thanks!

on 16. December 2025, 19:30 by Franjo
Vielen herzlichen Dank für dieses herrliche Puzzle!

on 16. December 2025, 17:31 by Karitsu
I’m sure there’s a logical way to solve it with an intended solve path, but I ended up making some informed guesses and seeing how it shook out, backtracking as needed. Still loads of fun. Thanks for setting!

on 16. December 2025, 16:07 by philolologue
A splendidly fun 26 minutes, really loved this one, thank you!

on 16. December 2025, 15:00 by Ragna
WOW! What a beautiful puzzle! Thank you, DocLogic. :-)))

on 16. December 2025, 07:17 by BorisTheSnake
Very nice and easy 2* IMO :)

Last changed on 16. December 2025, 07:07

on 15. December 2025, 23:13 by nunc
Just had the right feeling about the lines, so it all fell into place, and was very easy, but still a nice snack. Thanks for sharing.

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For those who don't have the right feeling: there's a logic way to solve it ;-)

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