Cryptic crossword
Cryptic crossword #186: Investigate quiet cover-up (5)
22 April 2026
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Crossword
Alternating each week between quick and cryptic crosswords. Unfamiliar with how cryptics work? Read our guide
Quick crossword
Quick crossword #206: Air sacs in the lungs (7)
15 April 2026
Cryptic crossword
Cryptic crossword #185: Squirted, oddly confident (4)
8 April 2026
Quick crossword
Quick crossword #205: Protrusion of a displaced organ (6)
1 April 2026
Cryptic crossword
Cryptic crossword #184: Nearly startle a black insect (6)
25 March 2026
Quick crossword
Quick crossword #204: Misleading sensory phenomenon (8)
18 March 2026
BrainTwister
Your weekly dose of logical and mathematical puzzling
BrainTwister
BrainTwister #123: No repeats
22 April 2026
BrainTwister
BrainTwister #122: Squares and cubes
15 April 2026
BrainTwister
BrainTwister #121: Strike one
8 April 2026
BrainTwister
BrainTwister #120: Wrong method, right answer
1 April 2026
BrainTwister
BrainTwister #119: No two 2s
25 March 2026
BrainTwister
BrainTwister #118: Candles
18 March 2026
Quiz
Test your knowledge of science and technology with our quiz each week
Quiz
Quick quiz #349: Who devised the double-slit experiment?
22 April 2026
Quiz
Quick quiz #348: The Noachian Period occurred on which planet?
15 April 2026
Quiz
Quick quiz #347: Where is the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument?
8 April 2026
Quiz
Quick quiz #346: What does ISS stand for?
1 April 2026
Quiz
Quick quiz #345: What does SETI stand for?
25 March 2026
Quiz
Quick quiz #344: Which asteroid did the NASA DART mission crash into?
18 March 2026
