Ribbon Candy
(Published on 18. December 2025, 23:13 by NotSoMagnifique)
A small treat to celebrate the holidays - Merry Christmas! Thanks to Scojo for the name of the puzzle.
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Rules:
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Lemon Lines - neighboring digits along a hollow yellow lemon line must differ in value by at least 7.
- Lime Lines - neighboring digits along a hollow green lime line must differ in value by at least 3.
- Peppermint Lines - neighboring digits on a thin red Peppermint line must alternate between being even and odd.
- XV sums - digits separated by X sum to 10; digits separated by V sum to 5. No negative constraint.
- Ratio Kropki Dots - digits separated by a black Kropki dot have a ratio of 2:1. No negative constraint.
Accessibility - the lemon line runs from R1C2 down to R8C9, and the lime line runs from R2C1 down to R9C8. All other lines are peppermint lines.
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Solution code: Row 9 digits, left to right
Comments
on 20. December 2025, 04:00 by Scojo
Delicious!
on 19. December 2025, 14:50 by packt
a very pleasant beginner puzzle!
on 19. December 2025, 05:15 by macintux
I enjoyed that quite a bit, thanks. I didn’t expect the lime line to be very useful, but it really sped things along.
on 19. December 2025, 03:15 by NotSoMagnifique
Corrected accessibility description
on 19. December 2025, 02:26 by jackiez33
Accessibility is wrong. The lemon line runs from R1C2 down to R8C9, and the lime line runs from R2C1
>>>NSM here - wow, I'm striking out left and right today. Correction has been made, I don't know how I missed that the first time around.
on 19. December 2025, 00:35 by NotSoMagnifique
Solution code corrected
on 19. December 2025, 00:24 by Pairot
solution code is wrong
>>>NSM here - my apologies, I've corrected it now!
