Ciphered Japanese Sum - Tapa
(Published on 23. March 2023, 12:07 by Niverio)
Rules:
Tapa: Shade some empty cells to create a single connected wall. Numbers in a clued cell indicate the length of the consecutive shaded block (Not blocks, as this puzzle has no multi-clued cells) in the neighbouring 8 cells. Cells with clues cannot be shaded, and shaded cells cannot form a 2x2 square anywhere in the grid.
Japanese Sums: Place digits from 1-9 into every unshaded cell (including clued cells, if the clued cell is a letter, the digit to be placed is the corresponding cipher digit) such that no digit repeats in a row or column. Clues outside the grid are Japanese Sums clues, which indicate the sums of the connected unshaded blocks, in correct order. A ? stands for any digit 0-9, but for a double digit clue, the leading ? cannot be a zero. For each row or column, either all or no clues are provided.
Cipher: Clues are ciphered, where each unique letter stands for a different digit 0-9.
Puzzle Links: You can solve this puzzle in either Penpa+ or in CTC. Answer check is included for any correct gray shading and correct number placement, including the cryptic table.
Solution code: Column 4, use S for shaded cells.
Comments
on 14. April 2023, 12:45 by ddx01
My appetite is growing! :P
on 31. March 2023, 10:28 by Christounet
An excellent "training" for my brain, which is usually deeply swamped by the japanese sum-ciphering combo in puzzles. My brain thanks you very much for this !!
on 31. March 2023, 10:19 by Piatato
Very nice and smooth one :)
on 30. March 2023, 12:15 by glum_hippo
99% for a two-star puzzle is no mean achievement. Congratulations and I'm excited about this series!
on 27. March 2023, 08:50 by Playmaker6174
Smooth and lots of fun! A bit slow in the first part but all clicked well together throughout :)
on 25. March 2023, 00:12 by Krokant
Great puzzle. Looking forward to the bigger project already. :)
on 24. March 2023, 20:05 by thoughtbyte
Great setting! Quite remarkable to have ?s and cipher clues yet set something so smooth, fun, interesting, _and_ approachable. Thanks! The perfect puzzle to mark my 500th solve.
on 24. March 2023, 11:51 by Snookerfan
Very nice, I'm excited for the big one! Thank you
on 24. March 2023, 02:50 by wooferzfg
Fun puzzle, thanks
on 23. March 2023, 21:08 by Xendari
Very cute puz c:
on 23. March 2023, 18:05 by Jesper
Very fun and pleasant solve - looking forward to the bigger one!
on 23. March 2023, 16:53 by ONeill
Cool ruleset! Excited to see what’s next :)
on 23. March 2023, 16:17 by h5663454
The whole process of solving the puzzle was very pleasant.
This is also the first time I have successfully solved the puzzle combining ciphered japanese sums and other pencil puzzles.
Thank you very much!
on 23. March 2023, 14:35 by MaizeGator
Wonderfully approachable puzzle! This gives me the confidence to try tackling some of the other ciphered Japanese Sum puzzles, and I'm excited to see the follow-up!
on 23. March 2023, 12:14 by Niverio
Forgot to add the rule regarding ?s.
