Unwrapping (Nala‘s Adventures #24)
(Published on 27. December 2025, 23:11 by SandraNala)
“Unwrapping“
Nala got a present and she was allowed to unwrap it all by herself. She got a little bit too enthusiastic about it and ripped everything apart, including the colorful arrows we had planned to use for a puzzle. Maybe it’s still usable?
Normal 9x9 Sudoku rules apply: Place the digits 1-9 in every row, column and box exactly once each.
The grid is partially covered in fog. Placing correct digits will clear the fog from surrounding cells, possibly revealing more clues.
Arrows have been detached from their circles. Digits along an arrow must still sum to the digit in the corresponding circle. Each arrow has its own color and arrows of the same color belong to the circle with matching color. No arrows of the same color overlap.
Digits separated by a white dot are consecutive.
Digits separated by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio.
Grey dots are ambiguous and can turn out to be either functioning as white or black dot for the digits they separate.
Not all possible dots are given. (There is no negative constraint.)
Solution code: Digits from row 5 (left to right):
Comments
yesterday, 19:55 by LehanLehan
Welcome back,waited for your return. I like very much your puzzles, they're not very hard but really tasty.
yesterday, 11:03 by kkotenko
Thank you and welcome back! That was some festive fun. Only concern I have is that it was sometimes hard to see which colors were the same and which were different. Would you consider making a version with small letters next to the lines if you do similar puzzles again?
Sandra here! Good point. I was hoping that my color palette was distinguishable. I checked it with a simulator for colorblindness, but I like your idea :)
yesterday, 09:24 by Klausku
Endlich wieder mal ein neues Sudoku von Sandra und Nala. Wunderbare Logik, hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Ich mag besonders den rosa Kreis. Danke euch!
on 28. December 2025, 20:14 by Exigus
Yaaay! Sandra and Nala back with a beautiful puzzle! Perfect fog use. Thanks!
on 28. December 2025, 18:32 by RobJH
Lovely puzzle (and welcome back!). I've been wondering for a while what Nala might make of dynamic fog...I imagine tails and other friends being chased all over the grid!
on 28. December 2025, 17:46 by etoler
New Sandra&Nala?? Best Christmas EVER!
on 28. December 2025, 17:04 by anothermember
Great to have you back!
on 28. December 2025, 16:02 by Franjo
Welcome back! Ein wunderhübsches Stück, allerdings gebe ich (mindestens) zwei Sterne, gar so leicht fand ich's nämlich nicht, und es hat ein ganz tolles Finish. Vielen Dank dafür.
on 28. December 2025, 15:15 by macintux
Wonderful puzzle, thank you.
on 28. December 2025, 07:29 by Playmaker6174
I tested this puzzle earlier and it was a lots of fun with a touch of surprise at the end, and also welcome back S&N!
(For me it’s quite harder than the shown 1/5 diff there)
on 28. December 2025, 02:47 by FireTruckFuel
More colorful fun than a bag of skittles!
on 28. December 2025, 02:31 by Calvinball
I would say this is good clean fun, but now I have wrapping paper all over the house I have to clean up!
Well the puzzle is still good clean fun, thanks for sharing and welcome back!
on 28. December 2025, 01:47 by Merdock
That was a fun adventure, thank you!
on 28. December 2025, 01:38 by maniacaljackal
Thank you for a wonderful return, SandraNala! Like wuc, your puzzles were some of the first that I saw on CtC that convinced me to try solving for myself. Welcome back!
on 28. December 2025, 01:21 by zeniko
That‘s some clever playing (and toying) with the fog. Love the way it unwrapped and came together in a festive High Five. Thanks for sharing.
on 28. December 2025, 00:35 by wuc
Great to have you back. Years ago your puzzles got me into this. What fun to solve another one. Great fun thx.
on 27. December 2025, 23:19 by Fra314
Fantastic puzzle! Also welcome back Sandra&Nala!
