Clues by Carpathian and Grid by Patch. Carpathian and Patch provided us with the second maritime themed puzzle of the year — from disastrous storms at sea in January to lifeboats in March.
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3D Crossword Solution – April 2023
Clues by Boatman and Grid by Calluna. Boatman is one of our most consistently original (and difficult) setters. His First Fifty book is my companion whenever I have a compulsory wait somewhere, and when his second book comes out, it will be just as recommendable. Here the letters missing from wordplay guaranteed some head-scratching…
Hints & Tips April 2023
Clues by Boatman and Grid by Calluna Enter the prize draw by 30 April. The background for this puzzle is a monochrome blue Sharon Garber photograph showing a pyramid. This puzzle uses a conventional 7x5x5 grid by Calluna and marks 100 years since Day 14 captured the public’s imagination (to be precise April is the 100th anniversary… Read more Hints & Tips April 2023
3D Crossword Solution – March 2023
Solution for the March 2023 3D crossword puzzle by Curmudgeon.
2023 puzzles
2024 3D Crossword Calendar
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Each 2023 3D crossword puzzle will be published below by the beginning of the month. The deadline to enter the prize draw for regular monthly puzzles will be the last day of that month. Extra puzzles will be added from time to time and will have later, mid-month deadlines.
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2023 3D Crosswords World Championship: Solvers who buy the calendar and correctly solve 12 puzzles by the due date each month will be eligible to enter our annual tie-break competition for the 2023 3D Crosswords World Championship. If you have been entering the monthly competitions, you can check your progress towards the tie-break qualification.
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3D Crossword Solution – June 2022
Clues by Boatman and Grid by Jolt Theme: The Watergate scandal, with subthemes of water and gates The winner of the June puzzle is Heather Haigh of Oxfordshire. Review of the June 2022 3D crossword As a graduate of one of Boatman’s courses, and booked to attend his Advanced course in the autumn, I must… Read more 3D Crossword Solution – June 2022
Hints & Tips June 2022
Clues by Boatman and Grid by Jolt I met DELETED in the underground car park at the time he indicated in my copy of the newspaper. He handed me a dossier bearing a Graham Fox photograph of the Bingley Five Rise staircase locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. How could these be connected to… Read more Hints & Tips June 2022
2022 puzzles
Each 2022 3D crossword puzzle will be published below by the beginning of the month. The deadline to enter the prize draw for regular monthly puzzles will be the last day of that month. Extra puzzles will be added from time to time and will have later, mid-month deadlines.
Hints & Tips: If you need helping cracking that last clue, or even getting started, hints and tips for regular puzzles will be published in the second half of each month. Subscribe to the Hints & Tips newsletter to receive them by email.
2022 3D Crosswords World Championship: Solvers who buy the calendar and correctly solve 12 puzzles by the due date each month will be eligible to enter our annual tie-break competition for the 2022 3D Crosswords World Championship. If you have been entering the monthly competitions, you can check your progress towards the tie-break qualification.
2022 Puzzle of the Year
You are invited to vote for your favourite puzzle of the year from the 12 puzzles featured in the Calendar plus the November Extra puzzle.
You are allowed to allocate a total of 3 votes. All 3 may be allocated to one puzzle, or two votes to one puzzle and a single vote to a second puzzle, or one vote each to three puzzles.
All our solvers and contributors are encouraged to vote. The only rule is that setters and designers don’t vote for their own creations, magnificent as these might be.