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Quick crossword #199: Cerebrovascular accident (6)
7 January 2026
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Cryptic crossword #178: Fuzzy logic avoiding current overload (4)
31 December 2025
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Quick crossword #198: Stellar explosion (9)
24 December 2025
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Cryptic crossword #176: Jumbo festive edition
10 December 2025
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Cryptic crossword #176: Parasite found in leaf cycle? (4)
3 December 2025
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Quick crossword #197: Legume; sports car (5)
26 November 2025
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BrainTwister #108: Expressionist
7 January 2026
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BrainTwister #107: Prime products
31 December 2025
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BrainTwister #106: Indices behaving oddly
24 December 2025
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BrainTwister #103: O difference tree
10 December 2025
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BrainTwister #104: Juggling jugs
10 December 2025
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BrainTwister #105: Interesting numbers
10 December 2025
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Quick quiz #334: Researchers found a planet shaped like what fruit?
7 January 2026
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Quick quiz #333: What type of cosmological structure is Cassiopeia A?
31 December 2025
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Quick quiz #332: What does the "A" in both DNA and RNA stand for?
24 December 2025
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10 December 2025
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Quick quiz #331: What animal body part has become a 3D-printing tool?
3 December 2025
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Quick quiz #330: What have orcas done to great white sharks recently?
26 November 2025
