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.
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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 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.
2011 Puzzles
Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
2015 Puzzles
Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
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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 |
2016 Puzzles
Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
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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 |
2017 Puzzles
Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
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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 |