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Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords 1.5

6.9 MB / 100K+ Downloads / Rating 3.7 - 320 reviews


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Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords, developed and published by Guardian News & Media Ltd, has released its latest version, 1.5, on 2024-07-16. This app falls under the Puzzle category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 100000 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 3.7, based on 320 reviews.

Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 5.0+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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Game Details

Package name: uk.co.guardian.puzzles

Updated: 7 months ago

Developer Name: Guardian News & Media Ltd

Category: Puzzle

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App Permissions: Show more

Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Game Rating

3.7
Total 320 reviews

Reviews

1 ★, on 2021-06-14
Sudoku doesn't work in Chromebook (or at least I couldn't get it to work). 'Help' is no help.

1 ★, on 2021-05-31
I've installed this so the website will stop nagging me and filling up the screen but it still sucks

1 ★, on 2021-05-08
It literally says in the app description and images there are FREE puzzles daily, and then I'm met with a subscription demand. How are you allowed to say that when it's an outright lie? They're free for a fortnight then £39. As someone else has said I'd happily pay a more reasonable amount but this is ridiculous, and sneaky af.

4 ★, on 2021-04-29
The actual crosswords and sudokus are great, and the navigation and UI work well and are attractively designed. The one big problem is that certain options do not save, which s a pain. Every time you start a new crossword you gave to set the options, or the defaults are applied.

2 ★, on 2021-04-10
The website now has an annoying ad in the corner of the screen at all times asking you to use this app, but unlike the website it doesn't even have an anagram helper. Maybe wait till the app has feature parity before pushing people onto it.

4 ★, on 2021-04-30
It woud help if we could change the colour scheme, which would be useful to the 6% or so of people who are colour-blind, like me. Not exactly Araucaria, but some day ...

Previous Versions

Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords 1.5
2024-07-16 / 6.9 MB / Android 5.0+

Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords 1.4.1
2023-03-02 / 6.4 MB / Android 5.0+

About this app

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

Sudoku - easy, medium, hard, expert and mini


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:
https://www.theguardian.com/info/2020/feb/11/the-guardian-puzzles-privacy-policy

Terms and conditions:
http://www.theguardian.com/help/terms-of-service

New features

This update of Guardian Puzzles includes bug fixes and improvements.

The reliability of sharing links for Codeword puzzles has been improved.
Printing Killer Sudoku puzzles will now include the cages.
Selection of Killer Sudoku cages in the player is improved.
Reliability of two player play links and puzzle download has been improved.

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.