Cryptic crossword
Cryptic crossword #176: Jumbo festive edition
10 December 2025
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Cryptic crossword
Cryptic crossword #176: Parasite found in leaf cycle? (4)
3 December 2025
Quick crossword
Quick crossword #197: Legume; sports car (5)
26 November 2025
Cryptic crossword
Cryptic crossword #175: Step-parent keeps reversing phone download (3)
19 November 2025
Quick crossword
Quick crossword #196: Soft tissue injury (6)
12 November 2025
Cryptic crossword
Cryptic crossword #174: Tube for old poet with bad cut (3)
5 November 2025
BrainTwister
Your weekly dose of logical and mathematical puzzling
BrainTwister
BrainTwister #103: O difference tree
10 December 2025
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BrainTwister #104: Juggling jugs
10 December 2025
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BrainTwister #105: Interesting numbers
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BrainTwister
BrainTwister #102: Ladderet
3 December 2025
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BrainTwister #101: Knight's progress
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BrainTwister #100: Tricky angles
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Quick quiz #331: What animal body part has become a 3D-printing tool?
3 December 2025
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Quick quiz #330: What have orcas done to great white sharks recently?
26 November 2025
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Quick quiz #329: What does “julu” mean, in the name Homo juluensis?
19 November 2025
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Quick quiz #328: What was written on Tim Berners-Lee's computer?
12 November 2025
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Quick quiz #327: What is the maximum lifespan of a naked mole rat?
5 November 2025
