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Clues by Arachne and Grid by Rikki Theme: Alan Turing The winner of the February puzzle is Hannah John of London. Review of the February 2024 3D crossword Pretty straight road this month, but smooth cluing and a lot of thematic content makes this one a fun ride. The diagram is a 7 x 5… Read more 3D Crossword Solution – February 2024
Clues by Arachne and Grid by Rikki Enter the prize draw by 29 February. Our monitoring stations have intercepted an intriguing message. It seems to have been written by an operative codenamed Arachne based on a design by an operative codenamed Rikki. The first page is a photograph (bearing the name Andrew Littlewood) showing the… Read more Hints & Tips February 2024
Each 2024 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 usually in the last week of each month. Subscribe to the Hints & Tips newsletter to receive them by email.
2024 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 2024 3D Crosswords World Championship.
by Raich and Calluna
by Arachne and Rikki
by Komorník
by Shark
by Curmudgeon and Chalicea
by Sirius
by Paul and etc
by Enigmatist and Bozzy
by Soup
by Vlad and Calluna
Clues by Arachne and Grid by Patch. The winner of the March puzzle was Robin Stephenson of London. We were told that this puzzle marks no specific anniversary.
Clues by Arachne and Grid by Patch The background for this puzzle is a Graham Fox photograph showing a harbour-side café. The tables sit deserted under an awning as rain teems down. Patch’s grid relates not to an anniversary, but to a thematic phrase, which must be deduced. There are five undefined thematic solutions: a… Read more Hints & Tips March 2021
Happy New Year solvers! The 2021 3D crossword puzzles will be made available progressively throughout the year. 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 and tips for each puzzle will be published sometime in the middle of each month. Subscribe to the Hints & Tips newsletter to receive them by email.
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 2021 3D Crosswords World Championship. If you have been entering the monthly competitions, you can check your progress towards the tie-break qualification.
by Nutmeg and Jolt
by Curmudgeon
by Enigmatist and Sirius
by Imogen and Max Liversidge
by Sirius and Komorník
by Shark
by Qaos and Mang
by Pasquale and Bozzy
by Enigmatist and etc
You are invited to vote for your favourite puzzle of the year from the 13 puzzles featured in the Calendar (the extra puzzle was Sirius and Enigmatist’s tribute to Araucaria) plus the August 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.
| Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | Rufus / Sirius | JAN puzzle JAN solution |
| FEB | Everyman / 45 | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
| MAR | Curmudgeon | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
| APR | Arachne / Bozzy | APR puzzle APR solution |
| APR Extra | Sirius | APR Extra puzzle & solution |
| MAY | Locum / Bozzy | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
| JUN | Lavatch | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
| JUN Extra | Sirius | JUN Extra puzzle |
| JUL | Pasquale / Sirius | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
| AUG | Columba / Sirius | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
| AUG Extra | Sirius | AUG Extra puzzle |
| SEP | Anax / Sirius | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
| OCT | Enigmatist / 45 | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
| NOV | Tyrus / Sirius | NOV puzzle NOV solution |
| DEC | Sirius | DEC puzzle |
| Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | Rufus / Aramis | JAN puzzle JAN solution |
| FEB | Everyman / Bozzy | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
| MAR | Enigmatist / 45 | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
| APR | Arachne / Marianne Cantley | APR puzzle APR solution |
| MAY | Curmudgeon / Curmudgeon? | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
| JUN | Tramp / Sirius | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
| JUL | Pasquale / Trailman | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
| AUG | Columba / Linxit | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
| SEP | Puck / Philostrate | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
| OCT | Tyrus / Oberto | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
| OCT Extra | Sirius | OCT Extra puzzle OCT Extra (Directed) puzzle OCT Extra solution |
| NOV | Anax / Sirius | NOV puzzle NOV solution |
| NOV Extra | Ogre / Sirius? | NOV Extra puzzle NOV Extra solution |
| DEC | Sirius | DEC puzzle DEC solution |
| Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | Rufus / Peggy | JAN puzzle JAN solution |
| FEB | Everyman / Sirius | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
| MAR | Nutmeg / Aramis | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
| APR | Curmudgeon | APR puzzle APR solution |
| MAY | Arachne / Trailman | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
| JUN | Columba / Oberto | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
| JUL | Aramis / Pasquale | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
| AUG | Enigmatist / 45 | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
| SEP | Puck / Ogre | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
| OCT | Anax / Chalicea | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
| NOV | Samuel / Chalicea | NOV puzzle NOV solution |
| DEC | Sirius | DEC puzzle |
| Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | Samuel / 45 | JAN puzzle JAN solution |
| JAN Extra | Curmudgeon / Sirius? | JAN Extra puzzle JAN Extra solution |
| FEB | Arachne / Oberto | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
| MAR | Nutmeg / Mang | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
| APR | Pasquale / Aramis | APR puzzle APR solution |
| APR Extra | Ifor / Philostrate | APR Extra puzzle APR Extra solution |
| MAY | Logogriph | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
| JUN | Imogen / Bozzy | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
| JUL | Trailman | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
| JUL Extra | Sirius | JUL Extra puzzle JUL Extra solution |
| AUG | Enigmatist / 45 | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
| SEP | Sirius | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
| OCT | Curmudgeon | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
| OCT Extra | Sirius | OCT Extra puzzle |
| NOV | Bics / Chalicea | NOV puzzle NOV solution |
| DEC | Puck / Sirius | DEC puzzle |
| DEC Extra | Augeas | DEC Extra puzzle DEC Extra solution |
