Crypto Lying Japanese Cavescraper Ring for polar
(Published on 20. December 2022, 02:44 by KNT)
Clues outside the grid indicate the sums of connected groups of numbers in the respective row or column. For each row or column, one of the two provided sets of clues is wholly meaningless and can be ignored. The other provides the complete set of clues for the row or column, but if more than one number is listed, the sums given must not be in order of appearance.
The numbers from 1 to 6 must be placed once each in every row and column of the inner shaded area. Treat each number N as a building of height N. A number placed in the unshaded area that lies adjacent to the shaded area indicates the number of buildings seen in the shaded area from that direction, where taller buildings hide shorter buildings.
The letters from DEAR POLAR, ENJOY replace numbers from 0 to 9, and no two letters may replace the same number. A question mark can be any number from 0 to 9, and for all clues, none may have a leading zero. For the sake of correctness, a single question mark is correct as long as it refers to a single digit total, and a double question mark is correct as long as it refers to a double digit total.
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Solution code: Row 2 followed by Column 8, S for empty cells. 28 characters.
Comments
on 13. July 2024, 17:58 by Piatato
Fantastic puzzle, thanks!
on 10. June 2024, 13:20 by Christounet
Finally :) Third time IS the charm !
Loved all the hidden messages in there too, icing on a delicious birthday puzzle.
A great puzzle that inspired many other liar japanese sums puzzles, so thanks for that too !
on 28. January 2024, 07:30 by Agent
Extremely impressive and fun puzzle! And weirdly I didn't find it that hard, except for that one blind spot at the start, one just needs to be very careful.
on 6. May 2023, 20:59 by wooferzfg
So much fun! Easily one of my favorite puzzles of yours.
I enjoyed the word search in the clues at the beginning too ;)
on 28. March 2023, 19:26 by KNT
@chalk235 Your cipher is correct, and the bottom of column 12 is one of the two options you have listed.
on 16. March 2023, 00:34 by lerroyy
Great puzzle and a smooth solve!
on 2. February 2023, 15:59 by Alex
Amazing puzzle! I love the whole series.
on 28. January 2023, 10:07 by ibag
Fantastic puzzle!
on 30. December 2022, 13:02 by Statistica
Großartig. Mit viel schönem Verwirrungscharakter.
on 26. December 2022, 13:00 by cmb
Wow!
Superb.
on 22. December 2022, 08:47 by RJBlarmo
Finally caught up with this series! Every puzzle has been amazing, and this one still stands out as the best. A very difficult challenge, but well worth it!
on 21. December 2022, 03:29 by KNT
Edited link to (hopefully) fix answer check. (Thanks Vebby!)
on 21. December 2022, 01:35 by MagnusJosefsson
Amazing! The sheer variety of logic in this puzzle is astounding! So many little satisfying revelations sprinkled along the path, all distinctly different in nature. What an achievement to set this!
on 20. December 2022, 20:18 by ONeill
Absolutely incredible! I found this one the toughest in the series, but it was definitely my favourite to crack. Thanks!
on 20. December 2022, 20:03 by Myxo
Amazing puzzle, with some very deeep logic!
on 20. December 2022, 11:32 by Niverio
You are lucky this puzzle is your best work by a mile, otherwise I was almost downrating it because you made me find a solution picture instead of sending me the code xD
Jokes aside, this puzzle is likely the best puzzle I have solved in 2022. And I solved a lot more, compared to my other solving years.
on 20. December 2022, 10:01 by Koalagator2
Excellent Puzzle, so many fun deductions!
on 20. December 2022, 09:49 by Jesper
I test-solved this puzzle a while back, and it was absolutely fantastic!
on 20. December 2022, 04:18 by polar
Meisterwerk!!
Very knifflig, but also very very wunderschön! (Will learn more German vocab for next year I promise)
On a serious note, it's truly an honour to have my name on this incredible puzzle. Indeed I more than enjoyed it and it's my favourite of your puzzles by a long way. Thank you.
P.S. I hope you included the correct link :)
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Don't worry, this is a brand new link so all bets are off :)
