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Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords on Windows Pc

Developed By: Guardian News & Media Ltd

License: Free

Rating: 3,7/5 - 320 votes

Last Updated: April 20, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 1.5
Size 6.9 MB
Release Date July 16, 24
Category Puzzle Games

Game Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (6)]

What's New:
This update of Guardian Puzzles includes bug fixes and improvements.The reliability of sharing links for Codeword puzzles has been improved.Printing Killer... [see more]

Description from Developer:
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 acc... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords and play on Windows PC. Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords is free Puzzle game, developed by Guardian News & Media Ltd. Latest version of Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords is 1.5, was released on 2024-07-16 (updated on 2024-04-20). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords is 3,7. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 320 users, 29 users had rated it 5*, 145 users had rated it 1*.

How to play Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords on Windows?

Instruction on how to play Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this game on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Play Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords" icon on the home screen to start playing, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to play Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Guardian Puzzles & Crosswords" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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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
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.
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.