Focus on Overlapping Sections: Pay special attention to the overlapping sections as they can provide hints for two grids at once.Use Standard Sudoku Strategies: Employ regular Sudoku strategies like 'single possibility,' 'single candidate,' and 'subtraction' to find numbers.Start with the Central Grid: Often, beginning with the central grid can provide clues for the overlapping sections of the adjacent grids.Complete Solution: All five grids must be solved simultaneously since the overlapping sections influence each other.Interlocking Grids: The overlapping 3x3 boxes are shared among the grids, meaning that the numbers placed in these boxes must obey the rules of all connected grids.No Repetition: Numbers 1-9 must not repeat in any row, column, or 3x3 box within each individual 9x9 grid.Easy Med Hard V.Hard Ext Easy Med Hard V.Hard Ext Easy Med Hard V.Hard Ext Easy Med Hard V. Number Placement: Each of the 9x9 grids must be filled with numbers 1 through 9. Choose Difficulty (in red bar on top of each puzzle image below) and Fonts below, then click the big green 'Generate Sudoku Printout' Button below to make the worksheet.

Grid Structure: The puzzle consists of five 9x9 grids, with the central grid being overlapped by the other four at the corners.The arrangement forms a giant X-like pattern, providing a unique and challenging twist to the traditional Sudoku. It features five interlocking 9x9 grids, arranged in such a way that the central grid is overlapped by the other four, each sharing a 3x3 box at every corner. Samurai Sudoku, also known as 'Gattai-5,' is a captivating variation of the classic Sudoku puzzle.

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