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(Published on 23. December 2025, 06:00 by SecondBlue)

Normal Sudoku rules apply.

Find all the snowmen! Snowmen are 1 cell wide and 2 cells tall. The base of a snowman is a larger number than its head. Snowmen cannot be orthogonally adjacent to hot digits (7,8,9) otherwise they will melt. Snowmen also cannot contain the hot digits (7,8,9).

Each 3x3 box contains exactly 1 full snowman or part of exactly 1 snowman.

Little killers: Digits outside the box with a diagonally pointing arrow equal the sum of all digits on that diagonal.

Sandwich clues: Digits outside the box without an arrow equal the sum of digits located between 1 and 9 on the respective column or row.

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Thanks to everyone who solved and especially those who commented on the 2025 snowman puzzle series.

Here are the links to the other puzzles in the series;

1) Diamond in the snow 1 ★☆☆☆☆
2) Snowtropics 1 ★★☆☆☆
3) Shrouded Snowmen ★★☆☆☆
4) Snow Many Skyscrapers ★★☆☆☆
5) Hotline ★★★☆☆
6) Killer Snowmen ★★★☆☆
7) Snowtropics 2 ★★★☆☆
8) Snowtropics 3 ★★★★☆
9) Zero Chill ★★★★☆
10) Diamond in the snow 2 ★★★★☆

Solution code: row 9 (left to right)

Last changed on on 27. December 2025, 17:11

Solved by jalebc, Piff, Orsomanno, tuturitu, Calvinball, WarriorKitten, SKORP17, gdc, Spillo, mcc, sedici, Abehar, RockyRoer, brimmy, MaxSmartable, woody, sporq, Julianl
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on 27. December 2025, 17:11 by SecondBlue
Found a bug with the original ruleset that put an unwanted anti-king restraint on the puzzle when using the word "diagonally" in the rules. Sorry if this made the puzzle seem broken to anyone using conflict checker.

Last changed on 26. December 2025, 14:31

on 26. December 2025, 14:26 by RockyRoer
This was a fantastic puzzle - I've never encountered the snowman rule before, and it's great fun. Loved how the sandwich clues, though few in number, played such a great role in this! Thanks for setting it and sharing it with us!

on 26. December 2025, 03:24 by SecondBlue
Added links to the other puzzles in the 2025 snowman series.

Difficulty:3
Rating:84 %
Solved:18 times
Observed:0 times
ID:000QI5

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