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Liar Japanese Sums #8 - Ciphered Deconstruction

(Published on 4. June 2024, 08:48 by Niverio)

This puzzle's ruleset was inspired by the absolutely gorgeous Phistomefel puzzle. In my opinion this puzzle's difficulty is a step lower than the most recent Liar Jsum entries, but I will still publish it as 5 as it is still most certainly more difficult than other entries which got rated as 4 stars. Enjoy!

Rules:
Liar Japanese Sums: Shade some cells in the grid such that clues outside the grid indicate the sums of the continuous blocks of unshaded cells in that row or column. Place digits from 1-9 in every unshaded cell such that no digit repeats in a row or column. At least one shaded cell must separate the blocks. For every clued row or column, 2 different sets are provided (Left / Right for rows, Top / Bottom for columns.) One set is correct, with correct sums in the correct order.(Always left to right or top to bottom.) The other set is a lie (As a whole, individual parts of the liar set can still be sometimes correct). Which sets are correct must be determined by the solver. In these sets, some sums are given as ? clues. ? clues are single digit clues, ?? clues are two-digit clues, and the leading ? cannot be a zero.
Deconstructed Sudoku: There are nine orthogonally connected sets of unshaded cells containing each digit from 1 to 9 exactly once, in the grid. Each unshaded cell is part of such a region and the regions may not touch orthogonally, but may touch diagonally.
Cipher: Clues are ciphered, where every distinct letter stands in for a unique digit 0-9. Every digit is assigned to a unique letter as well.

Puzzle Links: You can solve the puzzle in either Penpa+ or in the CTC software.

Solution code: Row 4, use S for shaded cells.


Solved by Christounet, lerroyy, Snookerfan, Koalagator2, tuturitu, MadHypnofrog, Agent, henrypijames, rmn, jkuo7, KNT, Mr_tn, Jesper, ONeill, zzw, Paletron, AnnaTh, peacherwu2, MagnusJosefsson, Playmaker6174, SeveNateNine, Piatato, tonald, ascension, FlowJo, Bellsita, XIAOYING, Sewerin, Las4one, h5663454, ClashCode, Nensche777, dunder, Tom-dz, Silverstep, dogfarts, Xendari, misko
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Comments

on 18. June 2024, 00:55 by Piatato
Fantastic! Super clever logic throughout!

on 10. June 2024, 21:56 by Playmaker6174
Fabulous (and quite intricate) puzzle from start to finish! I especially liked the use of that one trick throughout, along with how that ending worked x)

on 8. June 2024, 20:28 by MagnusJosefsson
Fantastic! A wonderful mix of different types of logic, all very satisfying!

on 7. June 2024, 15:04 by AnnaTh
Another brilliant liar puzzle. But for me definitely 5 stars difficulty.

on 7. June 2024, 00:37 by zzw
Great puzzle! Some really interesting deductions throughout, though I found the ending pretty tough.

on 6. June 2024, 22:58 by ONeill
This series never disappoints, thanks!

on 6. June 2024, 21:20 by Jesper
Fantastic puzzle, thanks!

on 5. June 2024, 18:38 by KNT
really challenging puzzle!

on 5. June 2024, 06:49 by Agent
Wonderful puzzle, a nice variety of logic all the way through.

on 4. June 2024, 14:10 by Snookerfan
Great puzzle! Lots of fun from start to finish, a beautiful journey. Thank you

on 4. June 2024, 14:07 by lerroyy
Very nice and smooth!

on 4. June 2024, 13:18 by Christounet
Another great episode in this wonderful serie ! I agree it is on the easier end compared to the last entries. Thanks :)

Difficulty:5
Rating:100 %
Solved:38 times
Observed:10 times
ID:000ID7

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