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    Quick
    Quick crossword No 17,042

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    Cryptic
    Cryptic crossword No 29,569

    • Quick cryptic
      Quick cryptic crossword No 37

    • Prize
      Prize crossword No 29,566

    • Everyman
      Everyman crossword No 4,078

    • Quiptic
      Quiptic crossword No 1,308

    • Genius
      Genius crossword No 258

    • Azed
      Azed crossword 2,739

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Other puzzles

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    The quiz
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  • Sudoku
    Sudoku 6,728 medium

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    Observer killer sudoku

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? That Sally Rooney hat puzzle

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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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Prize solutions

Winners of Crossword 29,560
Paul Bland Henlow; M Freedman, London; C Otter, Elston; Mark Waters, Abergavenny; Peter Keate, Robin Hoods Bay
  • 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 257
Sam Kemp, Colchester

  • 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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