The Guardian's crossword editor analyses 2025's 'words of the year', welcomes Rhea Seehorn as a solver, and explains a puzzling cheese quote. Discover how cryptic puzzles work and try the latest Genius challenge.
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Tackle Sudoku puzzle number 7164, rated easy. Follow our step-by-step guide to sharpen your logic and enjoy a satisfying mental workout. Start solving now!
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After his heart stopped for 40 minutes, Patrick Charnley awoke blind with a brain injury. The vivid hallucinations he experienced led him to write a novel and forge a profoundly different, more contented life.
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The Guardian releases its latest Killer Sudoku puzzle, number 1,003. This edition adds a challenging arithmetic twist to normal Sudoku rules. Solve it now and find the solution in the next print issue.
Tackle the latest expert-level Sudoku puzzle #7163 from The Guardian. Can you solve this challenging brainteaser? Put your logic skills to the test today!
A Guardian reader argues Emily Brontë's classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' shares its three-part structure with Greek tragedy and deserves a cinematic trilogy. Discover the compelling parallels.
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Challenge your mind with the Guardian's first hard Sudoku puzzle of 2026. Can you solve number 7159? Test your logic and concentration skills today.
