Category : Crosswords

Azed crossword 2,676

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Observer sudoku

Click here to access the print version.Fill the grid using the numbers 1 to 9. Each number must appear just once in every row, column and 3x3 box. Continue reading...

Click here to access the print version. Normal Sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within grey lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by grey lines. Continue reading...

What links electric cars, pigeons and the number three? The Saturday quiz

From B-boys and B-girls to a 16th-century cat door, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which continent only has two seasons? 2 Who directed Waiting for Godot during the siege of Sarajevo? 3 Whose railway timetables were first published in 18...

Quick crossword No 16,662

Prize crossword No 29,189

Cryptic crossword No 29,188

Crossword roundup: what a difference an H makes

Is it ‘yoghurt’ or ‘yogurt’? Both spellings are holding up well in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic cluesIn the sample clues below, the links take you to explainers from our beginners series. The setter’s name often links to an interv...

Quiptic crossword No 1,245

Annotated solutions for Prize 29,177

Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 29,177Clues are in alphabetical order of their solutions, which are fitted in the grid, jigsaw-wise.A Another Fine Mess: FIRST NAME ONE SHE (anag) [Oliver & Hardy short film] Continue reading...

Crossword roundup: can you solve these vintage puzzles tackled by Douglas Adams and AJ Ayer?

The Rev John Graham, AKA Araucaria, was the setter in question. Try them for yourself – and let us know how you fareIn Douglas Adams’ 1985 novel So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, we enjoy the following exchange between Fenchurch and Arthur Dent on...

Annotated solutions for Prize 29,171

Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 29,1711 helical: HE + I CALL (anag) Continue reading...

Crossword roundup: why do they call watery coffee an Americano?

Some tall culinary tales in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic cluesIn the sample clues below, the links take you to explainers from our beginners series. The setter’s name often links to an interview with him or her, in case you feel l...