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
- Results of the 2024 3D World Championship and RPM Trophy competitions
This year we received six entries for the RPM Trophy and three for the World Championship (WC). The judges studied every grid – whose authorship had been hidden behind anonymising tags before being sent on to us. We may at some point have thought we could detect who – among regular entrants – was responsible… Read more Results of the 2024 3D World Championship and RPM Trophy competitions - 3D Crossword Solution – February 2025
Clues by Carpathian and Grid by Patch. This is the first review I have written for a puzzle by Carpathian and what a pleasure the solving experience proved to be. - Hints & Tips February 2025Clues by Carpathian and Grid by Patch Enter the prize draw by 28 February. The background for this puzzle is a photograph of some beetroots. This puzzle by Carpathian uses a conventional 7x5x6 grid by Patch and commemorates the untimely death, 160 years ago, of a pioneer in a certain field, whose name is to be found… Read more Hints & Tips February 2025