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[urhegyi]

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Can each of these 5 variant grids be solved separately?
I hope to find out in a couple of days. I already found the jigsaw is solvable as separate puzzle.

[urhegyi]

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[m_b_metcalf]

Can each of these 5 variant grids be solved separately?

You can't expect many responses when you fail to post text versions of the puzzles that can be easily copied. M

[urhegyi]

It was late at night.
Here they come:

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.1.7.8.2.9.4...6.8.2.....5.2...3...6...2.7...4...8.2.7.4...3...5.7.......9.5.4...

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.5.7.8.2.1.7...8.5.9.....8.2...4...1...6.1...6.8.1...4...5...9.......6.8...3.2.1.

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...4.9.......7........1....9.4.6...7.319.768.5...4.9.3....3........9.......2.6...

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.3.9.8...9.4.......1...2...4...2.7.1...6.5...8...7...2.8.....7.3.2...8.6.6.3.4.1.

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...6.7.4.......7.2...2...9.1.7.8...5...5.3...5...6...7.4.....7.8.3...6.4.5.3.6.1.

[1to9only]

Grid 1 on its own has multiple solutions, but once eliminations are done in box 9 from clues in grid 3, it solves easily, ED=2.8

Grid 2 solves on its own (as noted in OP), ED=1.7

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.5.7.8.2.1.7...8.5.9.....8.2...4...1...6.1...6.8.1...4...5...9.......6.8...3.2.1. 112334444122233344123335354122665554112655774112665777888665797888669797888999999 JS

SumoCueV1=0J0=5J0=0J1=7J2=0J2=8J3=0J3=2J3=0J3=1J0=0J1=7J1=0J1=0J2=0J2=8J2=0J3=5J3=0J0=9J1=0J2=0J2=0J2=0J4=0J2=8J4=0J3=2J0=0J1=0J1=0J5=4J5=0J4=0J4=0J4=1J3=0J0=0J0=0J1=6J5=0J4=1J4=0J6=0J6=0J3=6J0=0J0=8J1=0J5=1J5=0J4=0J6=0J6=4J6=0J7=0J7=0J7=5J5=0J5=0J4=0J6=9J8=0J6=0J7=0J7=0J7=0J5=0J5=0J8=6J6=0J8=8J6=0J7=0J7=0J7=3J8=0J8=2J8=0J8=1J8=0J8


Grid 3 on its own has multiple solutions, but after filling boxes 1 and 3, and eliminating candidates in box 7 from clues in grid 4, it solves with singles only, ED=1.2

I've not done grids 4 and 5, but I'm assuming they'll solve with singles!

[urhegyi]

Can each of these 5 variant grids be solved separately?

You can't expect many responses when you fail to post text versions of the puzzles that can be easily copied. M

It was late at night. I needed 2,5 hours to solve them manually with pencilmarks on paper.
The Jigsaw is a good starting point, because it is a separate puzzle.
I will add the text version now.

[m_b_metcalf]

If I treat TL as X, fill in the full solution for TR (as I don't have jigsaw code), and treat M, BL and BR as standard sudokus, then I get this partial solution (where BL fails on just a UA4):

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  3  1  6  7  5  8  9  2  4           9  5  1  7  6  8  4  2  3
  9  5  4  3  1  2  6  7  8           1  2  7  4  9  3  8  6  5
  7  2  8  6  4  9  3  5  1           3  9  4  1  5  6  2  8  7
  2  7  9  4  3  5  1  8  6           2  6  5  8  4  9  3  7  1
  8  3  1  2  6  7  5  4  9           4  8  3  6  2  1  7  5  9
  4  6  5  9  8  1  2  3  7           6  7  8  2  1  5  9  3  4
  6  4  2  8  9  3  7  1  5  4  2  9  8  3  6  5  7  4  1  9  2
  5  8  7  1  2  6  4  9  3  6  7  8  5  1  2  9  3  7  6  4  8
  1  9  3  5  7  4  8  6  2  5  1  3  7  4  9  3  8  2  5  1  6
                    9  8  4  3  6  2  1  5  7                 
                    2  3  1  9  5  7  6  8  4                 
                    5  7  6  8  4  1  9  2  3                 
  2  3  5  9  1  8  6  4  7  1  3  5  2  9  8  6 **  7 **  4 **
  9  7  4  5  6  3  1  2  8  7  9  4  3  6  5 **  9 **  7  8  2
  6  1  8  7  4  2  3  5  9  2  8  6  4  7  1  2 **  8 **  9  6
  4  5 **  8  2  9  7 **  1           1  3  7 **  8  2 **  6  5
  1  2  7  6  3  5  9  8  4          **  8 **  5  7  3 **  2 **
  8  9 **  4  7  1  5 **  2           5  2 ** **  6 **  8  3  7
  5  8  1  2  9  6  4  7  3          **  4 **  8  1  5 **  7 **
  3  4  2  1  5  7  8  9  6           8  1  3  7  2  9  6  5  4
  7  6  9  3  8  4  2  1  5           7  5 **  3  4  6 **  1  8



[1to9only]

I've not done grids 4 and 5, but I'm assuming they'll solve with singles!

Grids 4 and 5 on their own have multiple solutions, but after copying givens from grid 3 solution, they solve easily, ED=1.2 and ED=1.5 respectively.