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Crosswords

  • Quick
    Quick crossword No 16,835

  • Cryptic
    Cryptic crossword No 29,361

    • Quick cryptic
      Quick cryptic crossword No 3

    • Prize
      Prize crossword No 29,362

    • Everyman
      Everyman crossword No 4,043

    • Quiptic
      Quiptic crossword No 1,273

    • Genius
      Genius crossword No 250

    • Azed
      Azed crossword 2,704

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Other puzzles

  • Illustration from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland of the Mad Hatter's tea party, with Alice seated on the left, along with the March Hare, the Dormouse and the Mad Hatter

    The quiz
    What links Alice in Wonderland with Mr Lazy? The Saturday quiz

  • Sudoku
    Sudoku 6,453 expert

  • Killer sudoku
    Observer killer sudoku

  • Shakespeare. Portrait painting of William Shakespeare known as the Cobbe Portrait, done from life in 1610.<br>D1GRNK Shakespeare. Portrait painting of William Shakespeare known as the Cobbe Portrait, done from life in 1610.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Art thou smarter than Shakespeare?

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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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  • Reginald Perrin (played by Leonard Rossiter)

    A new Guardian crossword: the Quick Cryptic

  • Joan Sims and Hattie Jacques in Carry On Matron

    Cryptic crosswords for beginners: hospitals

  • Oat-dressed kippers with beetroot mash and green beans

    Crossword roundup: cricket and the changing reputation of salmon

  • Two women wearing colourful headscarves pose in front of a Taylor Swift Eras Tour billboard advertising concerts in Singapore.

    Crossword roundup: the words of 2023

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Prize solutions

Winners of Crossword 29,356
Nigel Gee, Broxbourne; Bob Hill, Bristol; Jan Wicekowski, Manchester; G J Edwards, Talisen; Miss Rose Winter, Hounslow

  • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,177

  • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,171

    • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,165

    • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,159

    • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,153

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Genius solutions

Winner of Genius No 249
Tim Francis, Bathampton

  • 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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