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.
Tag: Araucaria
2021 Puzzle of the Year
This year we introduced a vote from solvers to select the 3D Calendar puzzle of the year. The clear winners were Sirius and Enigmatist with their amazing two sphere tribute to Araucaria with Shark’s inspired Freddie Mercury/Farrokh Balsara puzzle as runner up. Each voter was permitted three votes to be allocated as they felt appropriate.… Read more 2021 Puzzle of the Year
3D Crossword Solution – February Extra 2021
Clues by Enigmatist and Grid by Sirius. The winner of the February Extra puzzle was Aimee Hall of Exeter. Runners up were Peter Cargill of Kirkcaldy
and Hamish Symington of Cambridge.
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.
by Enigmatist and Sirius
by Sirius and Komorník
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
Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
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JAN | Araucaria / Sirius | JAN puzzle JAN solution |
FEB | Everyman / Ascot | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
MAR | Rufus / Sirius | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
APR | Doc / Sirius | APR puzzle APR solution |
MAY | Pasquale / Sirius | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
JUN | Lavatch / Sirius | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
JUL | Taupi / Sirius | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
AUG | Columba / Sirius | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
SEP | Bud / Sirius | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
OCT | Dumpynose / Sirius | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
NOV | Locum / Sirius | NOV puzzle NOV solution |
DEC | Sirius | DEC puzzle DEC solution |
2010 Puzzles
Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
---|---|---|
JAN | Araucaria / Sirius | JAN puzzle JAN solution |
JAN Extra | Enigmatist / Sirius | JAN Extra puzzle JAN Extra solution |
FEB | Rufus / Sirius | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
FEB Extra | Qaos / Sirius | FEB Extra puzzle FEB Extra solution |
MAR | Everyman / Sirius | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
APR | Enigmatist / Sirius | APR puzzle APR solution |
MAY | Pasquale / Sirius | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
JUN | Lavatch / Sirius | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
JUL | Taupi / Sirius | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
AUG | Columba / Sirius | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
SEP | Bud / Sirius | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
OCT | Dumpynose / Sirius | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
NOV | Locum / Sirius | NOV puzzle NOV solution |
DEC | Sirius | DEC puzzle DEC solution |