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Ciphered Japanese Sum - Koralle (Coral)

(Published on 5. April 2023, 12:39 by Niverio)

Enjoy this very delicate fish, which we have very carefully extracted from one of the world's most teem coral reefs. Savour it well, as the main course will take a while to be served. (2 and a half weeks time, to be precise) Why that late? Well, because it is timed for a special occasion. What's the occasion, you ask? Why the german touch in the name? Well, look at the genres covered so far and their order, and you might just understand why.

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.

Last changed on on 5. April 2023, 12:42

Solved by Jesper, Mr.Menace, abed hawila, MicroStudy, Bellsita, RJBlarmo, Playmaker6174, KNT, Piatato, Koalagator2, Mark Sweep, Krokant, MaizeGator, Azumagao, Xendari, jkuo7, Snookerfan, Vebby, Jaych, tallcat, ... Tom-dz, Torvelo, lukeyy, Zzzyxas, wildbush7, cornuto, karlmortenlunna, Myxo, dunder, Katrin K., nottabird, CaGr, ascension, Alex, ONeill, SparklePuzzle, kamkam, Paletron, .proxz14, ghaia, dogfarts
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Comments

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!

Difficulty:3
Rating:98 %
Solved:65 times
Observed:6 times
ID:000DIN

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