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Chambers has traditionally been the crossword setter's dictionary of choice, but Hugh Stephenson puts in a good word for the Oxford Dictionary of English as a solvers' friend
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Hugh Stephenson has been getting complaints that using the internet to help solve clues is somehow unfair but he begs to differ
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Hugh Stephenson on getting involved with testing the Guardian's crossword app, more on cathodes and anodes and a question of anonymity
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Hugh Stephenson reflects this month on Greek gods and electric terminals – and some more on cheating at crosswords
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Hugh Stephenson discusses if it is legitimate to cheat at crosswords
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Hugh Stephenson on the bear-like koala and searching crosswords by setter
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Hugh Stephenson on how crosswords have been medically endorsed
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Hugh Stephenson on the vituperative response to last month's crossword site relaunch
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Special instructions for this week's Azed
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Hugh Stephenson on the mail he is still getting over the 'pet' issue and the scope for more than one alternative
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Hugh Stephenson on how using the word 'pet' to mean tantrum led to accusations of regional bias
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Hugh Stephenson on the rise of complaints about impossibly obscure words appearing in the crosswords
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Hugh Stephenson on one woman's mission to complete the Cryptic crossword atop the fourth plinth
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Hugh Stephenson looks at how the conventions of cluing have changed as the new generation of setters have moved on
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Hugh Stephenson on the golden rule of cryptic cluing
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Hugh Stephenson on pedantry, puzzle timings and PDFs
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Hugh Stephenson defends the Guardian's use of cultural references and talks about annotated solutions
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Hugh Stephenson on 'general knowledge', difficulty and Paul's stars
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Hugh Stephenson on Quicks and Quiptics, as well as Pidgeon's English
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Hugh Stephenson reveals the past power of crossword grids - and setters
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Hugh Stephenson on the ethical probity of crossword setters who write for multiple publications
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Hugh Stephenson on getting the best out of your crossword and the Guardian's online-only puzzles
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Hugh Stephenson on Locum's Genius puzzle, third class tickets and a correction
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Hugh Stephenson on the merits of different dictionaries, and why the Guardian chooses not to have a 'house' one
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Hugh Stephenson on going free and the words only used by crossword setters
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Hugh Stephenson on 'mafia' vs. 'maffia' and coincidences in the crossword world
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Hugh Stephenson on defining 'crescendo' and how crossword winners are chosen
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Hugh Stephenson on word division in various dictionaries and the death of Quantum
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Hugh Stephenson on technical woes, Pitta versus Peter and to Google or not to Google
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Hugh Stephenson: Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience the mistakes made on the site in the last few days have caused
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Hugh Stephenson on technical glitches, a website wish list and the demonym for people from Argentina
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Hugh Stephenson: I am returned, battered but unbowed, from the South Atlantic
Transatlantic understandings
Hugh Stephenson: Some solvers claim that Americanisms are beginning to colonialise the Guardian's crosswords. In my view the crosswords cannot be narrowly nationalistic