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Christmas puzzles special

A selection of puzzles, features, quizzes, games and brainteasers to keep you occupied over the festive week from the Guardian's Saturday magazine

  • BooksFront web (1)

    Can you beat the authors? Take the bumper books quiz of 2023!

    Answer fiendish literary questions from Bernardine Evaristo, Nina Stibbe, Jonathan Coe and more. Plus, spot the 10 books hidden on our festive ice rink
  • Travel Quiz composite

    Where in the world? The big Boxing Day travel quiz

    In which city were candy canes invented, and where is Bethlehem? Gather friends and family, fill your glasses and try our fun and fiendish quiz
  • Cropped version of a Christmas scene cartoon with 12  deliberate mistakes in it

    Can you spot the 12 deliberate mistakes in this Christmas cartoon?

  • puzzles landing 14

    Have you been paying attention this year? Try our picture puzzle news quiz

  • Illustration of a Santa with a lightbulb above his head, a snowman and a Christmas pudding

    Love puzzles as much as I do? Then you’ll adore these festive quizzes and riddles

  • Guardian

    The big Christmas Eve crossword

  • Can you solve five brain-bending questions from Ukraine’s puzzle family?

  • Alex Horne on the secret to his cult show Taskmaster: ‘It must be offbeat but not wacky, off-kilter but not bonkers’

  • ‘Dig deep and think as hard as possible’ – the secrets of success in Scrabble, Sudoku, Jenga and more

  • Can you outwit Margaret Atwood? The bumper books quiz of 2022

  • Can you beat this fiendish Christmas quiz?

  • culture quiz

    From Die Hard to famous Santas: it’s the culture Christmas quiz!

    Know your Dirty Den from your three wise men? Your Mistletoe and Wine from your Last of the Summer variety? From Christmas No 1 lyrics to festive TV movies, take our fiendish quiz on all things Christmas culture
  • David Shariatmadari for his Wordiply game invention

    I was asked to invent the next Wordle. How hard could it be?

    Wordle is the deceptively simple puzzle that became a global sensation last Christmas. The challenge: to create a rival
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