Koralle (Coral): Shade some empty cells to create a single connected wall (the “Coral”). The shaded cells cannot form a 2×2 square anywhere in the grid, and each unshaded cell block must be connected to an edge of the grid.
Variant: All clued cells are unshaded, and indicate the amount of coral cells found in their row and column combined.
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, S for shaded cells.
on 11. April 2023, 03:17 by Christounet
Salivating, salivating...
Just serve the goddamn dish, for Dyonisos sake !
We’ve had enough of these amuse-bouche !
Just kidding, this was a very nice approachable puzzle again, thanks ! This is gonna be a hell of a celebration :)
on 7. April 2023, 11:40 by AnnaTh
Awesome!
on 7. April 2023, 09:04 by Agent
Cool puzzle, very smooth!
on 6. April 2023, 01:23 by Krokant
Wonderful puzzle. :)
on 5. April 2023, 22:20 by Piatato
Fun puzzle, thanks! We're all really hungry now! :D
on 5. April 2023, 20:18 by Playmaker6174
Beautiful and satisfying puzzle, as usual! I'm eager to see the very main big dish x)
on 5. April 2023, 16:01 by abed hawila
Lovely puzzle!
on 5. April 2023, 15:00 by Mr.Menace
Very enjoyable and smooth puzzle! Looking forward to the big project!
on 5. April 2023, 14:58 by MicroStudy
happy birthday TNC!
(Tapa, Nurikabe, Coral)
on 5. April 2023, 14:11 by Jesper
Very smooth, enjoyed it, thanks!