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Crosswords

  • Quick
    Quick crossword No 17,059

  • Cryptic
    Cryptic crossword No 29,586

    • Quick cryptic
      Quick cryptic crossword No 40

    • Prize
      Prize crossword No 29,583

    • Everyman
      Everyman crossword No 4,081

    • Quiptic
      Quiptic crossword No 1,311

    • Genius
      Genius crossword No 259

    • Azed
      Azed crossword 2,742

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    Sudoku 6,751 medium

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Quick, Cryptic, Prize, Quiptic and Genius
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Speedy, Everyman and Azed
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Prize solutions

Winners of Crossword 29,572
Mark Longair & Jenny Duckett, London; Peter Barker, Romford; Tony Greener, Banbury; D U Dodgson, Grasmere; David Howell, Ilkley; Robert Boyes, Sheffield; Alison Ming, Cambridge; Rhys Jones, Pwllheli; Chris Ellicott, Bath; Peter Butler, Hale
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    An experiment reaches the end of the road

  • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,177

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Genius solutions

Winner of Genius No 257
Sam Kemp, Colchester

  • Annotated solutions for Genius 242

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  • 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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