The Cure For Brain Fog

** TODAY'S PUZZLE **
Scojo returns to the channel tonight with a quite brilliant fog-of-war puzzle. It's also a cipher sudoku, which is a genre/ruleset we've rarely covered - we know all the letters represent different digits but we don't know which ones!

Have a go at the puzzle here:
Version 1 (including a notepad to keep track of the letters - RECOMMENDED):
https://sudokupad.app/8vzgxh2w8i

Version 2 (no notepad - more memory required!):
https://sudokupad.app/8zrctglexn

Rules:
Normal sudoku rules apply. Most of the grid is obscured by fog. Placing a correct digit will remove the fog surrounding that cell. Each letter from A-J uniquely represents one of the digits 0-9. A two-letter clue represents a two-digit number which does not begin with 0. A clue outside the grid represents the sum of the digits in the first X cells seen from that clue, where X is the first cell seen. (Eg if r1c5 is a 5 then the IF clue is summing the first 5 cells in its column.) Digits in a cage do not repeat and sum to the cage total, which is given in the leftmost cell of the highest row of the cage.

** ISLANDS OF INSIGHT STREAM **
If you'd like to watch last night's Islands Of Insight stream then you can do so here:

https://youtube.com/live/nGgZYUt1zpg

The next stream will be next Tuesday.

** PATREON REWARD DAY **
Yesterday we published a new sudoku hunt, Evening Attractions, themed around Negative Constraints as our March competition.

They'll also be a bonus crossword video from Simon and his solve of Region Geometry by Emre Kolotoğlu (3hr 36min long...!) released over the weekend. And Simon's discussion video about Dean Mayer's Sunday Times crossword from last weekend will appear at 1minute past midnight on Sunday morning (which is the moment that competition has ended.)

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▶ Contents Of This Video ◀

0:00 Happy Mothers' Day
0:52 Puzzle intro
1:42 Next Islands Of Insight Stream
1:50 Patreon
2:08 Happy Birthdays, including...
3:33 God in Chicago
4:32 Rules
8:05 Start of Solve: Let's Get Cracking

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