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The answers to today’s counter-intuitive conundrums Earlier today I set you these two puzzles, which are extracts from my new book Think Twice: Solve the Simple Puzzles (Almost) Everyone Gets...

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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 wi...

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From the papacy to balloon, bishop and leg of mutton, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz 1 Which three crops provide just under half of global calories? 2 What is the UK’s tallest bir...

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Setters found myriad uses for the newish prime minister in our pick of the best of the cryptic clues In the example clues below, I explain the two parts of each: the definition of the answer an...

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Click here to access the print version Competition submissions should give grid entries, each of which is an anagram of the solution to its corresponding clue. Continue reading...

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Do you have any favourite clues from Michael Curl to add to the collection? Orlando, who has died aged 77 , was as thoughtful as they come in every sense of that word. Last winter, half-recal...

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Sport, politics and a musical mix-up in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues. Plus: can you misdirect solvers to the Golden Gate Bridge? In the example clues below, I explai...

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Crosswords play a vital role in this entry in the Young Bond series In spy fiction, either you get a hero who’s prepared to knock a few heads together (if he’s being honest – and it is a ...

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Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 29,177 Clues are in alphabetical order of their solutions, which are fitted in the grid, jigsaw-wise. A Another Fine Mess: FIRST NAME ONE SHE (a...

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Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 29,171 1 helical: HE + I CALL (anag) Continue reading...

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Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 29,159 * Theme words (not further defined) are rivers; one river has to be added to the wordplay in 30 clues; two are needed in three more clues; a...

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Follow the methodology behind Genius 242 Each letter of the alphabet appears at least once at the end of the solutions to the clues, which are to be fitted in the grid jigsaw-wise wherever the...

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Follow the methodology behind Prize crossword 29,153 1 sugar snap SUGARS NAP Continue reading...

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Follow the methodology behind Genius 241 * A word of at least two letters (indicated in bold below) had to be removed from each clue before solving and fitting the solutions in the grid. These...

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SONDAGE 1 R. J. HEALD: Use of lead perhaps means dog ignoring master needs training (anag. less M; lead2 = plummet for sounding). Continue reading...

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ARITHMOMANIA 1 P. A. STEPHENSON: Treating a mathematical neurosis may make this less acute (comp. anag. & lit.). Continue reading...

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Follow the methodology behind Genius 240 * in the completed grid the first letters of the solutions in numbered order run from A to Z citadels D(ate) in ELASTIC (anag) russet (t)RUSS/E(ner...

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Follow the methodology behind Genius 239 Each clue prefaced by a number in square brackets provides a cryptic indication of a word (minus a single letter) from a well-known poem (not further d...

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1 T. ANDERSON (CLOWN AROUND): Act in panto perhaps vulgar, not entertaining for everyone (low + U in non). Continue reading...

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1 C. J. BROUGHAM: Take in salt with one? Do! (r in tar a + diddle, & lit.; ref. ‘take with a pinch of salt’). Continue reading...

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Why do some crosswords look different to others on theguardian.com? Which crosswords are published online? How do I print a crossword? What happened to the PDF version of a crossword? Why can...

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