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Crosswords

  • Quick cryptic
    Quick cryptic crossword No 70

  • Prize
    Prize crossword No 29,763

  • Quiptic
    Quiptic crossword No 1,341

  • Genius
    Genius crossword No 266

Other puzzles

  • The shop front of Fortnum & Mason in London, with Christmas trees on the roof, and people walking past outside

    The quiz
    Which food was first sold at Fortnum & Mason in 1886? The Saturday quiz

  • Sudoku
    Sudoku 6,991 medium

  • Killer sudoku 981

    Killer sudoku
    Killer sudoku 981

  • colours ambigram

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Ambigrams – you won’t believe these flipping words!

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Prize solutions

Winners of Crossword 29,757
S McCormick, Brighton; Brian Doyle, Crewe; Gill House, Richmond; Sarah Knights, Corpusty; Graham York, Honiton
  • 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

Genius solutions

Winner of Genius No 264
David Howell, West Yorkshire

  • Annotated solutions for Genius 242

  • Annotated solutions for Genius 241

  • Annotated solutions for Genius 240

  • Annotated solutions for Genius 239

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