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    Prize crossword No 29,918

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    Quiptic crossword No 1,367

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    Genius crossword No 271

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    Sunday quick crossword No 41

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Prize solutions

Winners of Crossword 29,912
D Gosling, London; Andy Leggett, Bishopston, Bristol; Phil Whitehorse, Whitby; Katie Simpson, Milltimber, Aberdeenshire; Kate Day, Littleover, Derby
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    Annotated solutions
    An experiment reaches the end of the road

  • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,177

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Genius solutions

Winner of Genius No 270
Charles Reid Dick, Hamburg, Germany

  • Annotated solutions for Genius 242

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