Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords
Daily word games & Sudokus
FreeOffers In-App Purchases
1.5for iPhone, iPad and more
5.3
18 Ratings
Guardian News and Media Limited
Developer
24.4 MB
Size
Mar 27, 2024
Update Date
Entertainment
Category
4+
Age Rating
Age Rating
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About Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords
Give yourself a real challenge with over 15,000 crosswords and sudokus from The Guardian and Observer - and enjoy new ones added every day.
Start playing today with unlimited access for fourteen days. After that, either play a new crossword and sudoku everyday for free, or enjoy full access by subscribing.
App features include:
Play with ease: Timer, reveal, check, and clue functions
Play with friends: Two-player mode and social sharing
Play anywhere: Offline play
Play through history: A user-friendly calendar of the enormous Guardian archive of over 15,000 crosswords and sudokus
Play your favourites: Search by crossword setter
Puzzles included in the app:
Quick - a quick but challenging crossword, published every Monday to Saturday
Cryptic - a cryptic crossword where every clue contains a definition of the answer you're looking for, published every weekday
Quiptic - a cryptic puzzle for beginners, published every Monday
Weekend - our weekend cryptic, published every Saturday
Everyman - a prize crossword, published every Sunday
Speedy - a compact crossword for those in a hurry, published every Sunday
Prize - a prize crossword, published every Saturday
Codeword - our challenging clueless crosswords
Sudoku - easy, medium, hard, expert and mini
Killer Sudoku - easy, medium, hard, expert
Terms of use:
All content in the Guardian app is copyright Guardian News & Media 2020. All rights reserved. Terms of use and privacy policy apply when accessing content via the Guardian app.
Privacy policy:
http://www.theguardian.com/help/privacy-policy
Terms and conditions:
http://www.theguardian.com/help/terms-of-service
Start playing today with unlimited access for fourteen days. After that, either play a new crossword and sudoku everyday for free, or enjoy full access by subscribing.
App features include:
Play with ease: Timer, reveal, check, and clue functions
Play with friends: Two-player mode and social sharing
Play anywhere: Offline play
Play through history: A user-friendly calendar of the enormous Guardian archive of over 15,000 crosswords and sudokus
Play your favourites: Search by crossword setter
Puzzles included in the app:
Quick - a quick but challenging crossword, published every Monday to Saturday
Cryptic - a cryptic crossword where every clue contains a definition of the answer you're looking for, published every weekday
Quiptic - a cryptic puzzle for beginners, published every Monday
Weekend - our weekend cryptic, published every Saturday
Everyman - a prize crossword, published every Sunday
Speedy - a compact crossword for those in a hurry, published every Sunday
Prize - a prize crossword, published every Saturday
Codeword - our challenging clueless crosswords
Sudoku - easy, medium, hard, expert and mini
Killer Sudoku - easy, medium, hard, expert
Terms of use:
All content in the Guardian app is copyright Guardian News & Media 2020. All rights reserved. Terms of use and privacy policy apply when accessing content via the Guardian app.
Privacy policy:
http://www.theguardian.com/help/privacy-policy
Terms and conditions:
http://www.theguardian.com/help/terms-of-service
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.5
Last updated on Mar 27, 2024
Old Versions
- All in-app merchandising and promotion of the subscription offering has been removed from the app experience.
- New in-app messaging has been implemented to notify users about the forthcoming closure of the app.
- New in-app messaging has been implemented to notify users about the forthcoming closure of the app.
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Version History
1.5
Mar 27, 2024
- All in-app merchandising and promotion of the subscription offering has been removed from the app experience.
- New in-app messaging has been implemented to notify users about the forthcoming closure of the app.
- New in-app messaging has been implemented to notify users about the forthcoming closure of the app.
1.4.1
Feb 23, 2022
This update of Guardian Puzzles includes bug fixes and performance improvements.
- The reliability of sharing links for Codeword puzzles has been improved.
- Printing Killer Sudoku puzzles via AirPrint will now include the cages.
- Selection of Killer Sudoku cages in the player is improved.
- Puzzle play settings are stored more reliably.
- The visibility of the clues in the ‘All Clues’ interface is improved.
- The reliability of sharing links for Codeword puzzles has been improved.
- Printing Killer Sudoku puzzles via AirPrint will now include the cages.
- Selection of Killer Sudoku cages in the player is improved.
- Puzzle play settings are stored more reliably.
- The visibility of the clues in the ‘All Clues’ interface is improved.
1.4
Jul 7, 2021
This version now includes our popular Codeword and Killer Sudoku puzzles, as well as fixes and performance improvements.
1.3.2
May 19, 2021
This version solves some issues with two player mode when the selection of the other player might not be indicated correctly on the grid.
1.3.1
Mar 16, 2021
Maintenance release, including bug fixes to ensure settings are preserved.
1.3
Dec 3, 2020
This version contains numerous fixes and improvements, including:
- Keep playing even after your free trial expires. Every day a different crossword and sudoku will be available for free, just check the App.
- Crosswords are now available to play in landscape mode on iPad.
- Inviting a friend to ‘Play Together’ is now more intuitive than ever.
- Notifications will now let you know when new puzzles are available to solve.
- Restoring your subscription should now be more reliable.
- Keep playing even after your free trial expires. Every day a different crossword and sudoku will be available for free, just check the App.
- Crosswords are now available to play in landscape mode on iPad.
- Inviting a friend to ‘Play Together’ is now more intuitive than ever.
- Notifications will now let you know when new puzzles are available to solve.
- Restoring your subscription should now be more reliable.
1.2.2
Sep 6, 2020
Maintenance release with minor bug fixes and improvements.
1.2.1
Jul 13, 2020
This update of Guardian Puzzles includes a lot of the features and fixes requested in feedback after our initial version.
This version also introduces sign in so that you can resume your puzzle play on multiple devices.
Improvements in this version include:
• Sign in with Apple, and other social sign in options
• Better explanation for existing subscribers on the sign in window
• Pick up where you left off on multiple devices
• Search the archive by Crossword setter
• Easy access to all puzzles currently being solved via a ‘Recent’ menu
• Easier navigation by date in the puzzle archive
• List views in the archive so you can see who set each puzzle
• Pull down to refresh in the puzzle carousel
Bug fixes in this version include:
• Settings changes now apply to all puzzles
• Pencil marks are preserved in Sudoku
• Improved keyboard performance
• Improvements on storing puzzle progress
• Resolves some configuration issues
This version also introduces sign in so that you can resume your puzzle play on multiple devices.
Improvements in this version include:
• Sign in with Apple, and other social sign in options
• Better explanation for existing subscribers on the sign in window
• Pick up where you left off on multiple devices
• Search the archive by Crossword setter
• Easy access to all puzzles currently being solved via a ‘Recent’ menu
• Easier navigation by date in the puzzle archive
• List views in the archive so you can see who set each puzzle
• Pull down to refresh in the puzzle carousel
Bug fixes in this version include:
• Settings changes now apply to all puzzles
• Pencil marks are preserved in Sudoku
• Improved keyboard performance
• Improvements on storing puzzle progress
• Resolves some configuration issues
1.2
Jun 29, 2020
This update of Guardian Puzzles includes a lot of the features and fixes requested in feedback after our initial version.
This version also introduces sign in so that you can resume your puzzle play on multiple devices.
Improvements in this version include:
• Sign in with Apple, and other social sign in options
• Pick up where you left off on multiple devices
• Search the archive by Crossword setter
• Easy access to all puzzles currently being solved via a ‘Recent’ menu
• Easier navigation by date in the puzzle archive
• List views in the archive so you can see who set each puzzle
• Pull down to refresh in the puzzle carousel
Bug fixes in this version include:
• Settings changes now apply to all puzzles
• Pencil marks are preserved in Sudoku
• Improved keyboard performance
• Improvements on storing puzzle progress
This version also introduces sign in so that you can resume your puzzle play on multiple devices.
Improvements in this version include:
• Sign in with Apple, and other social sign in options
• Pick up where you left off on multiple devices
• Search the archive by Crossword setter
• Easy access to all puzzles currently being solved via a ‘Recent’ menu
• Easier navigation by date in the puzzle archive
• List views in the archive so you can see who set each puzzle
• Pull down to refresh in the puzzle carousel
Bug fixes in this version include:
• Settings changes now apply to all puzzles
• Pencil marks are preserved in Sudoku
• Improved keyboard performance
• Improvements on storing puzzle progress
1.0.1
Feb 18, 2020
This version makes restoring your subscription more reliable.
1.0.0
Feb 11, 2020
Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords FAQ
Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords is available in regions other than the following restricted countries:
China
Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords supports English
Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Monthly
$3.49
Annual
$33.99
Click here to learn how to download Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords.
iPhone
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
