Clues by Enigmatist and Grid by Calluna. A 9 x 7 x 5 puzzle this month, so you already know you’re in for a lot of lights to fill. It also has thirteen disembodied clues by the diagram,
3D Crossword Solution – March 2026
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Hints & Tips March 2026
Clues by Enigmatist and Grid by Calluna Enter the prize draw by 31 March. The background for this puzzle is an Angeles Balaguer photo of a black cat. This puzzle by Enigmatist uses a conventional 9x7x5 grid by Calluna and does not celebrate an anniversary, but instead has a mysterious theme jumbled in the red cells (8).… Read more Hints & Tips March 2026
Results of the 2025 3D World Championship and RPM Trophy competitions
Judging has taken place for these two competitions, which represent the culmination of each year’s 3D puzzling. Again the entry for both competitions has seen the submission of 3D grids accompanied by their word lists, and in the case of the World Championship, by clues for three items — GIFT, INCARNATION and SEASON OF GOODWILL:… Read more Results of the 2025 3D World Championship and RPM Trophy competitions
3D Crossword Solution – February 2026
Clues by Raich and Grid by Calluna. It’s a small world, they say, and February’s puzzle, as you will see below, gave me cause to muse on the theory of three degrees of separation.
Hints & Tips February 2026
Clues by Raich and Grid by Calluna Enter the prize draw by 28 February. The background for this puzzle is a Matt Hecht photo of a female footballer performing an athletic kick. This puzzle by Raich uses a conventional 7x5x5 grid by Calluna and one entry is the centenarian theme, while another is the theme’s father. Two… Read more Hints & Tips February 2026
2026 puzzles
Each 2026 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.
2026 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 2026 3D Crosswords World Championship.
by Carpathian and Rikki
by Raich and Calluna
by Guinevere and Xam
by Boatman and Calluna
by Paul and Absolution
by Vlad and Gin
by Amoeba and Mang & Komorník
by Sirius
by Curmudgeon and Chalicea
by Shark
by Komorník
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3D Crossword Solution – August 2025
Clues by Vlad and Grid by Calluna. It’s high summer, so now is an ideal time to relax in the garden on a sunny weekend afternoon with a glass of white wine and an entertaining thematic crossword.
Hints & Tips August 2025
Clues by Vlad and Grid by Calluna Enter the prize draw by 31 August. The background for this puzzle is an Elijah Henderson photo of a zebra. This puzzle by Vlad uses a conventional 9x7x5 grid by Calluna commemorating those responsible for a movement in a period of British culture. Like Calluna, this movement has a strong… Read more Hints & Tips August 2025
3D Crossword Solution – January 2025
Clues by Imogen and Grid by Calluna. This month starts off the year with a bang using a larger grid of 9 x 5 x 5 with 36 entries. There are also a lot of shaded cells randomly scattered on the hot levels that we’ll need to anagram into the Easter egg.
Hints & Tips January 2025
Clues by Imogen and Grid by Calluna Enter the prize draw by 31 January. The background for this puzzle is a photograph of a pile of logs. I seem to see the dreaming spires and hear the sound of shorter and longer electrical tones… This puzzle by Imogen uses a conventional 7x5x5 grid by Calluna and marks… Read more Hints & Tips January 2025