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Clues by Vlad and Grid by Aramis Theme: The Sunday Times newspaper The winner of the October puzzle is Julie Allen from Queensland. Review of the October 2022 3D crossword Vlad and Aramis have put forward a theme I knew virtually nothing about, with clues sufficiently difficult to force me into a second session before… Read more 3D Crossword Solution – October 2022
Clues by Vlad and Grid by Aramis The background for this puzzle is a Graham Fox photograph of a sunset over a stretch of water. This puzzle has clues by Vlad and a conventional 7x5x5 grid by Aramis. The puzzle marks the 200th anniversary of a publication. Vlad’s clever clues and Aramis’ elegant grid gradually… Read more Hints & Tips October 2022
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.
by Imogen and Patch
by Vlad and Aramis
by Raich and Bozzy
by Pickles and Gin
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.
| 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 | Rufus / Sirius | JAN puzzle JAN solution |
| FEB | Everyman / Linxit | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
| MAR | Enigmatist / 45 | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
| MAR Extra | Sirius | MAR Extra puzzle |
| APR | Tramp / 45 | APR puzzle APR solution |
| MAY | Curmudgeon / Chalicea | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
| JUN | Pasquale / Bozzy | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
| JUN Extra | Sirius | JUN Extra puzzle |
| JUL | Sirius | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
| AUG | Samuel / Chalicea | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
| SEP | Nutmeg / Aramis | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
| SEP Extra | Malteser / Sirius? | SEP Extra puzzle |
| OCT | Anax / Aramis | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
| NOV | Raich / Philostrate | NOV puzzle NOV solution |
| DEC | Puck / Oberto | DEC puzzle DEC solution |
| DEC Extra | Sirius | DEC Extra puzzle DEC Extra solution |
| 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 |
| Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | Arachne / Bozzy | JAN puzzle JAN solution |
| FEB | Shark | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
| MAR | Sirius | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
| MAR Extra | Puck / Sirius | MAR Extra puzzle MAR Extra solution |
| APR | Nutmeg / Elijah | APR puzzle APR solution |
| MAY | Rufus / Sirius | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
| JUN | Curmudgeon | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
| JUN Extra | Pickles | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
| JUL | Eclogue / Logogriph | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
| AUG | Picaroon / Philostrate | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
| AUG Extra | Enigmatist | AUG Extra puzzle AUG Extra solution |
| SEP | Puck / Aramis | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
| SEP Extra | Sirius / Gin | SEP Extra puzzle SEP Extra solution |
| OCT | Pasquale / Aramis | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
| NOV | Anax / Oberto | NOV puzzle NOV solution |
| DEC | Enigmatist / 45 | DEC puzzle DEC solution |
| Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | Arachne / Gin | JAN solution |
| FEB | Vlad / Bozzy | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
| MAR | Shark / Chalicea | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
| MAR Extra | Ecologue / Logogriph | MAR Extra puzzle |
| APR | Enigmatist / Pickles | APR puzzle APR solution |
| MAY | Pasquale / Philostrate | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
| MAY Extra | Bozzius / Bozzy | MAY Extra puzzle |
| JUN | Anax / Pickles | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
| JUN Extra | Pickles | JUN Extra jigsaw puzzle JUN Extra directed puzzle |
| JUL | Nutmeg / Aramis | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
| AUG | Tramp / etc | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
| SEP | Sirius | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
| SEP Extra | Encota | SEP Extra puzzle & solution |
| OCT | Ecologue / Logogriph | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
| NOV | Curmudgeon | NOV puzzle NOV solution |
| DEC | Puck / Bozzy | DEC puzzle DEC solution |
| DEC Extra | Sirius | DEC Extra puzzle DEC Extra solution |
| Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | Arachne / Patch | JAN puzzle JAN solution |
| FEB | Nutmeg / Jolt | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
| MAR | Vlad / Gin | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
| MAR Extra | Puck / Banter | MAR Extra puzzle & solution |
| APR | Pasquale / Mang | APR puzzle APR solution |
| MAY | Curmudgeon | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
| JUN | Eclogue / Logogriph | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
| JUL | Qaos | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
| JUL Extra | Sirius | JUL Extra puzzle JUL Extra solution |
| AUG | Sirius | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
| SEP | Shark | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
| OCT | Enigmatist / Bozzy | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
| NOV | Anax / etc | NOV puzzle NOV solution |
| DEC | Puck / Aramis | DEC puzzle DEC solution |
