Logic Masters Deutschland e.V.

As i've continued to challenge myself as a solver, I was fairly certain that that cipher puzzles would cross my path sooner or later. I freely admit that I did not wholly understand the appeal, but was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed them (particularly recommending recent ones by Niverio found here, here, and here). In setting my own cipher puzzle, I certainly found itchallenging and the difficulty was hard to gauge for me (so it may be on the hard side for some). Nonetheless, as a first attempt, I am pleased with how it turned out and hope that I can set more in the future. Happy solving!

Normal sudoku rules apply

X-Sums: Clues outside the grid are the total of the first X cells from its corresponding direction, where X is the value of the first cell.

Cipher: Clues are ciphered where each unique letter stands for a different digit from 0-9. The ? denotes a positive digit (cannot be zero) but may not necessarily be the same digit in each clue.



Can be played online at Penpa or Sudokupad

(Answer check requires digits to be filled in cipher table)