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Crosswords

  • Quick
    Quick crossword No 16,880

  • Cryptic
    Cryptic crossword No 29,407

    • Quick cryptic
      Quick cryptic crossword No 10

    • Prize
      Prize crossword No 29,404

    • Everyman
      Everyman crossword No 4,051

    • Quiptic
      Quiptic crossword No 1,281

    • Genius
      Genius crossword No 252

    • Azed
      Azed crossword 2,712

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Other puzzles

  • A cuckoo perched on a twig, staring inquisitively at the camera

    The quiz
    What links the cuckoo, swift and osprey? The Saturday quiz

  • Sudoku
    Sudoku 6,512 medium

  • Killer sudoku
    Observer killer sudoku

  • Close,Up,Of,Unrecognizable,Kids,Busy,Making,Diy,Robot,By<br>Close up of unrecognizable Kids busy making DIY robot by looking from digital tablet at home concept of Children robotic Experiment, togetherness, childhood learning and development; Shutterstock ID 2093624032; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Do you think like an engineer?

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Contact the crossword editors

Quick, Cryptic, Prize, Quiptic and Genius
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Speedy, Everyman and Azed
Email observer.crosswords​@theguardian.com
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  • Wayland’s Smithy ancient Neolithic long barrow

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Prize solutions

Winners of Crossword 29,398
Matthew Edwards, Machynlleth; Dr Kathy Ryan, Bristol; Jim Barden, London; Glyn Haggett, Milton Keynes; Bashyr Aziz, Pelsall
  • 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 251
Jez MacBean, Essex

  • Annotated solutions for Genius 242

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  • Azed slip No 2,663

  • Azed slip No 2,659

  • Azed slip No 2,636

  • Azed slip No 2,634

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