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Logic puzzles

Bimble path-finding techniques 3 Nov 2026
Bimble path-finding techniques: think in links, use corners and stone order, read stiles and oaks at the edge, and run short what-ifs, with real past fields.
How to solve Nosy: a village whodunnit, step by step 3 Nov 2026
How to solve Nosy, our daily village whodunnit: what each clue type really tells you, how to link places and items, and a full worked case to the accusation.
Logic puzzles you never have to guess: what a unique solution means and how ours are checked 3 Nov 2026
What a unique solution means, why it differs from never guessing, and how we build and check every Sown, Twill, Bimble and Nosy puzzle before you see it.
Sown advanced techniques: plots, squeezes and twin days 3 Nov 2026
Advanced Sown tips for Hard and twin-day gardens: small-plot squeezes, plots that own rows, groups of plots and two-seed logic, with real past puzzles.
Twill solving techniques: from pairs to what-ifs 3 Nov 2026
Twill techniques beyond the basics: tie and cross chains, six-square patterns worth memorising, finishing a line, Sunday's no-twins rule and short what-ifs.

Anagram solving techniques for seven tiles 3 Nov 2026
Anagram solving techniques for seven letter tiles: suffixes, prefixes, consonant clusters and doubled letters, plus how to pick the three highest-scoring words.
A beginner's guide to the British quick crossword 3 Nov 2026
A beginner's British quick crossword guide: reading definitions, enumerations, crossing letters, unchecked squares and spellings, with a real Nibble solved.
Playing Warmer well: how a semantic word game thinks 3 Nov 2026
Semantic word game strategy for Warmer: what word similarity really measures, why news and sport skew it, and how to move from broad probes to the secret word.
Word ladder strategies: finding the shortest route 3 Nov 2026
Word ladder strategies that work: count the letters to change, work from both ends, pivot on vowels and use hub words. With real Stepwise ladders solved.

How to recognise UK county outlines 3 Nov 2026
Read a UK area from its outline: coasts, islands, rivers, city-shaped holes, the modern boundaries that trip people up and the look-alikes worth learning.
How to solve cryptograms and cryptoquotes 3 Nov 2026
How to solve cryptograms and cryptoquotes: letter frequency, short words, apostrophes, doubled letters and pattern words, with a real Unquote puzzle solved.

Cluster strategy guide: how to solve the daily connections puzzle 3 Nov 2026
How to solve Cluster without wasting mistakes: what each reply tells you, why a mistake costs 20 minutes, a solving routine and a worked archive example.
Letterly strategy guide: how to score more in 90 seconds 3 Nov 2026
Letterly strategy from the people who make it: how originality scoring really works, the specificity premium, speed bonus maths and the traps that score zero.
Rankle strategy guide: how to put four things in the right order 3 Nov 2026
The maths behind Rankle's four slots: what each kind of mistake costs, where to put an item you are unsure of, how to estimate, and two worked puzzles.

How our daily puzzles are made 3 Nov 2026
How we make our daily puzzles: the midnight UK changeover, keeping answers secret, word lists, rude-word filters, one-solution logic puzzles and checked quotes.

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