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    Prize crossword No 29,942

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    Quiptic crossword No 1,371

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    Genius crossword No 272

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    Sunday quick crossword No 45

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Prize solutions

Winners of Crossword 29,936
Alan Garrett, Gloucester; Peter Firmin, London; Eugene Lietzau, Bristol; G Newman Brent Catalin Danciu, Falmouth
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    Annotated solutions
    An experiment reaches the end of the road

  • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,177

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  • Annotated solutions for Prize 29,165

Genius solutions

Winner of Genius No 271
Jacqueline Corbett, Shoreham

  • Annotated solutions for Genius 242

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