Holidays aren't over!! | Maya - Conifer

[@MattYDdraig]

Nice solve, especially putting the fix at the end, and really cool design from Maya.

[@praematura]

Good job, Kathy! I actually broke this puzzle... twice... due to really incorrect deductions, so took a breather away from it and tried again, this time a bit more slowly, and was able to finish it in 9:05 (conflict checker off), but add around 4-5 minutes for the original screw-ups. 😅 Many thanks to Maya for a very nice puzzle!

[@MayaSudoku]

Thank you for the feature and solve Kathy! Best holiday wishes to you and the channel community.

[@ChrisVenus]

Its not a christmas tree. Its a New Year tree and they can stay up as long as you want. ;-)

[@tharagleb]

One tip I have for you is that if you have two cells connected by a white dot that only have 3 digits, like 56 and 567, they must contain the middle digit, in this case 6. Another way to think of this is that you need 1 odd and 1 odd digit, in this case 6 is the only even digit available. You still finished the puzzle a bit faster than me though so what do I know?

[@JohnBodoni]

well done!

[@adrianhead6272]

You may want to re-word that last rule. The gold star is less than "each" of the orthogonally adjacent cells. It makes a big difference... as being less than x and y is different to being less than x + y (and the puzzle cannot be completed without that "each"). That said, completed in 8m35s.

[@MayaSudoku]

Could have been clearer. Thank you for the feedback. I'll fix it on my constraints sheet.