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The book also includes 25 quiptic crosswords the unique guardian puzzle thats halfway between the quick and the cryptic crossword. Enjoy 50 of my crosswords from the guardian actually, 51 theres a bonus puzzle from the online genius slot, then read the stories and ideas behind them. Twitter follower james steel called the cryptic crossword genius while another said it was perfect. Cryptic means mystifying or having secret meaning, so in these crosswords the answers to the clues are deliberately hidden. Apologies for the small print, it was difficult to fit everything in a readable form. The guardian cryptic crossword 27814 paul cryptathon.
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This first volume of the guardian s cryptic crosswords contains over 150 puzzles, set by the nations bestknown and bestloved compilers, including araucaria, bunthorne, enigmatist and paul. The guardian cryptic crossword answers page 5 crossword. Moons moving fast 9 17 doorbell fitted to sex workers house 8 19 disease. This first volume of the guardians cryptic crosswords contains over 150 puzzles, set. This is a weekly puzzle posted on the guardian newspaper. Challenge yourself with the globe and mail s cryptic crossword and other puzzles.
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