3D Crossword Solution – November 2023

November 2023 grid page

Clues and Grid by Soup. Someone will correct me if wrong, but this is the first Alphabetical Jigsaw (AJ) which I recall seeing in the 3D Calendar. I enjoy them very much: they present a different sort of challenge, while obviously offering crucial help, in that one knows — more or less — the initial letter of each item.

2021 puzzles

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.

grid design in progress
April Extra 2021

by you

April Extra instructions

Deadline for entries: 31 May

June 2021 puzzle page
June 2021

by Imogen and Max Liversidge

June Hints & Tips

View June solution

2021 Puzzle of the Year

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.

2009 Puzzles

MonthSetter / DesignerDownload
JANAraucaria / SiriusJAN puzzle
JAN solution
FEBEveryman / AscotFEB puzzle
FEB solution
MARRufus / SiriusMAR puzzle
MAR solution
APRDoc / SiriusAPR puzzle
APR solution
MAYPasquale / SiriusMAY puzzle
MAY solution
JUNLavatch / SiriusJUN puzzle
JUN solution
JULTaupi / SiriusJUL puzzle
JUL solution
AUGColumba / SiriusAUG puzzle
AUG solution
SEPBud / SiriusSEP puzzle
SEP solution
OCTDumpynose / SiriusOCT puzzle
OCT solution
NOVLocum / SiriusNOV puzzle
NOV solution
DECSiriusDEC puzzle
DEC solution

2010 Puzzles

MonthSetter / DesignerDownload
JANAraucaria / SiriusJAN puzzle
JAN solution
JAN ExtraEnigmatist / SiriusJAN Extra puzzle
JAN Extra solution
FEBRufus / SiriusFEB puzzle
FEB solution
FEB ExtraQaos / SiriusFEB Extra puzzle
FEB Extra solution
MAREveryman / SiriusMAR puzzle
MAR solution
APREnigmatist / SiriusAPR puzzle
APR solution
MAYPasquale / SiriusMAY puzzle
MAY solution
JUNLavatch / SiriusJUN puzzle
JUN solution
JULTaupi / SiriusJUL puzzle
JUL solution
AUGColumba / SiriusAUG puzzle
AUG solution
SEPBud / SiriusSEP puzzle
SEP solution
OCTDumpynose / SiriusOCT puzzle
OCT solution
NOVLocum / SiriusNOV puzzle
NOV solution
DECSiriusDEC puzzle
DEC solution