This is Su Doku multiplied: every column, row and 3x3 box must contain the digits 1 to 9. Where the puzzles overlap, the rows and columns do not go beyond their usual 9x9 length but the interlocking boxes give you more clues – and more complexity.

With another 100 new Samurai puzzles to vex you for hours, lose yourself in the four levels of this book:

10 Easy
40 Mild
40 Difficult
10 Super difficult

Even the speediest of Su Doku solvers will be agonising over these ultra-complex, extended brainteasers.

These are the most difficult Su Doku puzzles in The Times range.