Clues and grid by Curmudgeon. The winner of the January puzzle is Suzanne Farquhar of Reading. We were told that this puzzle marks the 100th anniversary of a death.
3D Crossword Solution – January 2022
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Hints & Tips January 2022
Clues and Grid by Curmudgeon The background for this puzzle is a Graham Fox close-up of an elephant’s eye. This puzzle marks the 100th anniversary of the death of a hero. The yellow cells will reveal his name, the scene of his death and two places connected with his greatest achievement (one of these is… Read more Hints & Tips January 2022
2022 puzzles
Happy New Year solvers!
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.
by Boatman and Jolt
by Soup
by Sirius
by Imogen and Patch
by Vlad and Aramis
by Shark
by Pickles and Gin
3D Crossword Solution – February 2021
Clues and Grid by Curmudgeon.
Theme: UK Decimal Day, 15 February 1971. The winner of the February puzzle was Peter Aylmer of Bishop’s Stortford.
Hints & Tips February 2021
Clues and Grid by Curmudgeon The background for this puzzle is a Graham Fox photograph showing nuts and bolts and coins. Curmudgeon’s grid commemorates the 50th anniversary of an important alteration that one could consider a small change, but certainly not a loose change. The solutions (mostly 5- or 7-letter) have to be entered jigsaw-wise… Read more Hints & Tips February 2021
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 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
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.
2011 Puzzles
| Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | Enigmatist / Sirius | JAN puzzle JAN solution |
| JAN Extra | Qaos / Sirius | JAN Extra puzzle JAN Extra solution |
| FEB | Everyman / Roger Collins | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
| MAR | Paul / Sirius | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
| MAR Extra | Trailman / Sirius | MAR Extra puzzle & solution |
| APR | Lavatch / Sirius | APR puzzle APR solution |
| MAY | Pasquale / Sirius | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
| JUN | Rufus / Sirius | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
| JUN Extra | Ogre / Sirius | JUN Extra puzzle |
| JUL | Tyrus / RPM | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
| AUG | Sirius | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
| SEP | Anax / Sirius | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
| OCT | Columba / Sirius | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
| NOV | Curmudgeon / Sirius | NOV puzzle |
| DEC | Shark / Sirius | DEC puzzle |
2012 Puzzles
| 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 |
2013 Puzzles
| 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 |
2014 Puzzles
| 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 |