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Quick crossword #201: Landmass east of Europe (4)
4 February 2026
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Cryptic crossword #180: Herb carried around silver (6)
28 January 2026
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Cryptic crossword #179: Piece of tech battleground (6)
14 January 2026
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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
BrainTwister
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BrainTwister #112: Pronic numbers
4 February 2026
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BrainTwister #111: Pascal shaved
28 January 2026
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BrainTwister #110: Six, seven
21 January 2026
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BrainTwister #109: Around the block
14 January 2026
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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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Quick quiz #338: In what year was Schrödinger’s cat first devised?
4 February 2026
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Quick quiz #337: Which shark species can live up to 500 years?
28 January 2026
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Quick quiz #335: Which US state hosts the LCLS-II X-ray machine?
14 January 2026
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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
