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Clues and Grid by Komorník. So, another successful year of 3D calendar puzzles draws to a close, and it is especially appropriate that the final crossword of 2025, both grid and clues, should all be the work of Komorník.
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 Raich and Calluna
by Enigmatist and Calluna
by Soup
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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Clues and Grid by Komorník Enter the prize draw by 31 December. The background for this puzzle is a Benjamin Balázs photo of the edge of a bird bath. This puzzle by Komorník uses an unconventional 13x5x5 grid which is essentially an 11x5x5 grid, but with the nearest and furthest 11-letter entries extended by one cell at… Read more Hints & Tips December 2025
Clues by Guinevere and Grid by Komorník. Essentially, what we have here is a Theme and Variations puzzle — a traditional cryptic format which I feel has fallen out of fashion, although I am not sure why, because T&Vs can be very satisfying, just as this one proved to be.
Clues by Soup and Grid by Komorník. A toppled conical grid with a (for these puzzles, very) large base 13 spaces in diameter and 12 in circumference, tapering to a single letter at the peak provides the vehicle for this month.
Clues by Soup and Grid by Komorník Enter the prize draw by 30 September. The background for this puzzle is a Dennis Sylvester Hurd photo of a monkey eating an ice cream in a cornet wafer. This puzzle by Soup uses an innovative conical grid by Komorník consisting of seven progressively smaller dials, the last of which… Read more Hints & Tips September 2025
Clues and Grid by Komorník. We have an unusual shape for this Extra puzzle. It’s sort of 6x3x5 but with gutters so words can be written around the separate pieces.
Clues by Komorník and Grid by Gin. Komorník is a major contributor to the success of the 3D Calendar in several roles and this is the third year in a row that he has presented us with a November Extra puzzle. I have vivid memories of last year’s offering,
Each 2025 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.
2025 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 2025 3D Crosswords World Championship. Check your progress to see how you’re tracking.
Errata: For owners of the printed calendar, we are very sorry but there are some corrections needed in the printed copies.
by Carpathian and Patch
by Curmudgeon and Chalicea
by Soup and Komorník
by Guinevere and Komorník
by Enigmatist and Gin
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Clues and Grid by Komorník. The winner of the May puzzle is Jacqueline Corbett of Kent. In the 3D Calendar year May normally brings a more challenging puzzle, as the relatively benign spring turns to summer, and this was no exception:
