The Guardian Cryptic Crossword
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About The Guardian Cryptic Crossword
The newspaper's long-running cryptic crossword, published every weekday under the bylines of pseudonymous setters with distinct styles. Grids are solvable online with check, reveal and anagram helper tools, each puzzle has a reader comment thread, and the series page lists the full numbered back catalogue.
- How you play
- Crossword
- Languages
- English
- Daily puzzle
- Yes
- Unlimited mode
- No
- Archive
- Yes
- Made by
- The Guardian
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