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Crosswords

  • Quick
    Quick crossword No 17,144

  • Cryptic
    Cryptic crossword No 29,671

    • Quick cryptic
      Quick cryptic crossword No 54

    • Prize
      Prize crossword No 29,667

    • Everyman
      Everyman crossword No 4,095

    • Quiptic
      Quiptic crossword No 1,325

    • Genius
      Genius crossword No 262

    • Azed
      Azed crossword 2,756

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Other puzzles

  • A figure dressed as Spider-Man gazes at framed comic covers including Fantastic Four, at an exhibition on Stan Lee

    The quiz
    The world’s largest comic convention is held in which city? The Saturday quiz

  • Sudoku 6,864 hard

    Sudoku
    Sudoku 6,864 hard

  • Observer killer sudoku

    Killer sudoku
    Observer killer sudoku

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? That’s numberwang!

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Contact the crossword editors

Quick, Cryptic, Prize, Quiptic and Genius
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Speedy, Everyman and Azed
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  • A civet, for those who prefer a different kind of MUSK

    What is the best way to write a crossword clue describing Elon Musk?

  • Dave Gorman, Modern Life is Goodish

    Fed up with cryptic crossword hecklers? Try the Dave Gorman method

  • A large crowd of people in suits and grey Einstein wigs

    Only geniuses can solve this crossword in 30 seconds – but what’s the hurry?

  • Rory Kinnear solving a crossword at work

    Do crosswords stave off mental decline? It’s the wrong question

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Prize solutions

Winners of Crossword 29,661
John Dyke, Melvaig; Peter Pennington, Histon; M P Young, Highbridge; Linda Montgomer, Bangor; John McDonald, Nottingham
  • Empty road with tumbleweed

    Annotated solutions
    An experiment reaches the end of the road

  • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,177

    • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,171

    • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,165

    • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,159

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Genius solutions

Winner of Genius No 261
Harry Jenkins, London

  • Annotated solutions for Genius 242

  • Annotated solutions for Genius 241

  • Annotated solutions for Genius 240

  • Annotated solutions for Genius 239

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Azed slip

  • Azed slip No 2,663

  • Azed slip No 2,659

  • Azed slip No 2,636

  • Azed slip No 2,634

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