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Crosswords

  • Quick
    Quick crossword No 17,121

  • Cryptic
    Cryptic crossword No 29,648

    • Quick cryptic
      Quick cryptic crossword No 50

    • Prize
      Prize crossword No 29,643

    • Everyman
      Everyman crossword No 4,091

    • Quiptic
      Quiptic crossword No 1,321

    • Genius
      Genius crossword No 261

    • Azed
      Azed crossword 2,752

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Other puzzles

  • Close-up image of an old-fashioned doorbell, with the word 'press' at its centre

    The quiz
    What links doorbell, Bath bun and nice-looking? The Saturday quiz

  • Sudoku
    Sudoku 6,833 hard

  • Killer sudoku
    Observer killer sudoku

  • Collage of donut with chocolate glaze and red apple on the yellow background. Copy space. Top view. Close-up.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Here’s (not) looking at Euclid

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Contact the crossword editors

Quick, Cryptic, Prize, Quiptic and Genius
Email guardian.crosswords​@theguardian.com

Speedy, Everyman and Azed
Email observer.crosswords​@theguardian.com
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  • 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

  • As well as a chancellor, a REEVE is also a kind of sandpiper, the female of the striking ruff (pictured)

    Which members of the cabinet are crossword-worthy?

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Prize solutions

Winners of Crossword 29,643
Richard Packer, Bristol; DJ Hunt, Knutsford; Roger Silverman, London; Doug Rayner, Twickenham; Yvonne Millican, Moreton
  • 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 260
Matthew James Lee, Cambridge

  • 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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