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.
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- Hints & Tips October 2026
Clues by Curmudgeon and Grid by Chalicea Enter the prize draw by 31 October. The background for this puzzle is a xiSerge photo of a swarm of honeybees hanging from a tree. In which we are introduced to Curmudgeon and Chalicea and the crossword and the explanation begins. Here is Curmudgeon, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump,… Read more Hints & Tips October 2026 - 3D Crossword Solution – September Extra 2026Clues by KomornÃk and Grid by etc. Another dial puzzle this month with a slight thematic diagrammatic twist. The clue frenzy continues as September gets held over another 48 days beyond the 47 in the last puzzle.
- 3D Crossword Solution – September 2026Clues and Grid by Sirius. Another Month, Another Puzzle. There are a lot of round puzzles this year. This one is 8 Ring Rings of circumference 16 and diameter of 5-7.
