Welcome to the world of 3D cryptic crosswords

A puzzle for every month, a clue for every day. For lovers of wordplay who like a challenge, the 3D Crossword Calendar takes cryptic crosswords to a whole new level – literally, of course!

Try your skill against some of the best cryptic crossword setters in the UK. Solve this month’s puzzle by the end of the month and go in the draw to win a prize. Buy the calendar and solve 12 puzzles correctly throughout the year to enter our annual tie-break challenge for the coveted title of 3D Crossword World Champion. Fancy your hand at designing a 3D crossword grid yourself? Be our guest and enter the annual RPM Trophy competition.

By purchasing the full calendar, you will also be contributing to our mission to help youngsters in need, with all proceeds going to BBC Children in Need and the Royal National Institute of Blind People.

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Latest updates

  • 3D Crossword Solution – June 2024
    Clues and Grid by Shark. A busy grid this month at 7x5x7 and 38 entries, with some intriguing unclued entries.  The instructions tell us this is in service of a theme. Who is it about?  Yes!
  • Hints & Tips June 2024
    Clues and Grid by Shark Enter the prize draw by 30 June. The background for this puzzle is a photograph of a chrysalis (of a monarch butterfly?) by icewerks. A whooshing sound gradually increases heralding the arrival of a 3D puzzle grid… This puzzle by Shark uses a conventional 7x5x7 grid and concerns a term first coined… Read more Hints & Tips June 2024
  • 2024 3D Crosswords Presentations Lunch
    As many, but not all of you, will know, every year Bozzy (Nora) organises a lunch to celebrate the winners of the various competitions run as part of the 3D Crossword calendar. The two main presentations are for the 3D Crossword World Champion and for the winner of the RPM (Ray Parry-Morris) trophy. In addition,… Read more 2024 3D Crosswords Presentations Lunch