Raindrops revisited

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I made a big mistake with my last post, and the puzzle I presented did not have a unique solution...many thanks to Deusovi for pointing it out, and many apologies to Deusovi and any others who spent time on a failed effort. However, I have been able to fix it, and I believe the puzzle below is uniquely solvable...it does have a fair bit of overlap with the previous attempt.

In this puzzle, there is a single 12x12 grid which contains clues for both a Tapa and a Nurikabe puzzle, to be solved in separate grids. It is up to you to determine which clues go with which puzzle. No clues overlap...a clue is used either for the Nurikabe or the Tapa, and it provides no information for the other, so a Nurikabe clue can be shaded or unshaded in the Tapa, and vice versa. I hope you enjoy! And I hope I didn't mess up again :-)

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| 3 | 1 |   |   |   | 3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |
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|   |   |   |1 4|   |   | 1 |   |   |   |   |1 1|
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|   |2 4|   |   | 3 |   |   |   |   |1 5|   |   |
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|   |   |   |   | 2 | 3 |122|   | 5 |   |   | 2 |
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|   |2 4|   |   |   |1 4|   |   |   |1 4|   | 3 |
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|1 3|   |   |   |   | 4 |   |   |112|   |   | 3 |
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|   |   |   |   | 6 |   | 2 |   |   |   |   | 2 |
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| 7 | 5 |   |   |   | 6 |   |   |113| 4 |   |   |
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|   | 4 |112|   |   |1 5|   |   |   |   |2 4|   |
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|1 2|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
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|   |   |   |   |   | 4 |3 3|   |   |   |   | 3 |
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|   | 1 | 2 | 2 |   |   |   |   |1 1| 2 | 3 |   |
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Deusovi · Accepted Answer

First, we assign multi-digit clues to the Tapa:

And more clue assignments:

Now we can do some more advanced logic on both grids:

And some more logic in the center:

Some miscellaneous logic in various places:

Some connectivity logic:

Now, there's a tricky connectivity step:

Turning to the Nurikabe once again:

And now we've assigned all the clues, and can finish off both of the puzzles!

Raindrops revisited

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