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Sandy Balfour: Apologies for the late arrival of this month's Genius, which is now available
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Hugh Stephenson bids everyone a fond farewell as he embarks on a six-month voyage across the Atlantic
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Hugh Stephenson responds to questions of taste and decency and his culinary shortcomings
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Why did Bertholt Brecht have three names? Hugh Stephenson handles several of your queries
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Hugh Stephenson on whether an English publication should use American spellings in certain contexts
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Hugh Stephenson on Chambers, Collins and the concise OED - which is the most trustworthy?
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Hugh Stephenson gets to grips with the thorny issue of alternative spellings
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Hugh Stephenson on painful homophones and the liturgical debate surrounding January's Genius puzzle
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Hugh Stephenson on gobbledygook answers and letting foreign words slip through the net
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Hugh Stephenson on some of the recent technical problems on crosswords and a new Genius deadline
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Hugh Stephenson: I have had a stream of disturbing evidence from Sudoku addicts about its side effects.
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Hugh Stephenson finds that while solvers enjoy harder crosswords, many would like a balance between dumbing down and constantly reaching for the dictionary
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Hugh Stephenson pays tribute to Bunthorne, whose crosswords have been delighting and infuriating readers for 40 years
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Have the cryptic puzzles become harder over the years? Hugh Stephenson thinks not - now he would like to hear your views
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Hugh Stephenson offers apologies and explanations - and ponders the meaning of a jump cut
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Hugh Stephenson is disappointed with Collins' decision to drop the names of famous people from its dictionary
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Hugh Stephenson notes that dictionaries are failing to keep up with advances in science, technology - and desserts
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Hugh Stephenson on how computers, cakes and cathodes have all posed problems this month
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Quick crosswords call for exact definition but not always scientifically so, says Hugh Stephenson
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Hugh Stephenson finds himself in a standoff between science and the good book Chambers over termites and ants
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Hugh Stephenson offers a helping hand to cruciverbalists struggling with the complexities of the genius puzzle
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Hugh Stephenson looks at themed puzzles and the effect of the Berliner format on the Guardian's crosswords
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Welcome to the crossword email update from Guardian Unlimited. Hugh Stephenson is away. His next column will be on Monday October 3
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Hugh Stephenson offers tips on mastering the toughest cryptic crosswords compiled by the more fiendish setters
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Hugh Stephenson boldly sends the hyphen packing and changes the face of email forever
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Can dictionaries really get it wrong? It's enough to make Hugh Stephenson turn to drink
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Hugh Stephenson puts Zhigansk back on the map in its rightful setting in the Arctic Circle
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Hugh Stephenson explains how the democratic nature of English causes crossword setters a whole host of problems
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Hugh Stephenson finds himself the pick of the pedants. Not, he says, a bad thing to be.
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Hugh Stephenson finds himself challenging the dictionaries yet again. And he needs your help
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For expats and foreigners, crosswords are a way to stay au fait with current British culture, says Hugh Stephenson
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Hugh Stephenson on why wherries caused great concern among cruciverbalists, especially those from Norfolk
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Hugh Stephenson explains the importance of crosswords that appeal to both beginners and experts