Clues by Amoeba and Grid by Mang & Komorník. This month’s puzzle is a partnership between two stalwart veterans of the 3D Crossword community and a newcomer.
3D Crossword Solution – August 2026
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Hints & Tips August 2026
Clues by Amoeba and Grid by Mang & Komorník Enter the prize draw by 31 August. The background for this puzzle is an Ian Livesey photo of a cow in close-up among a herd of similar animals. This puzzle by Amoeba uses a conventional 7x7x5 grid by Mang & Komorník and incorporates elements of three themes which… Read more Hints & Tips August 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 Amoeba and Mang & Komorník
by Komorník and etc
Coming on 17 September
by Curmudgeon and Chalicea
by Shark
by Komorník
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3D Crossword Solution – May 2023
Clues by Nutmeg and Grid by Mang. The winner of the May puzzle is Robin Stephenson of London. If a few setters are perhaps justly feared, and if we (speaking both as solver and setter) stand in awe of more than a few, then let it be stated here that Nutmeg is unequivocally loved.
Hints & Tips May 2023
Clues by Nutmeg and Grid by Mang Enter the prize draw by 31 May. The background for this puzzle is a Graham Fox photograph showing the centre of a plasma ball. This puzzle uses a conventional 5x5x5 grid by Mang and concerns a process by which in past eras someone might have dreamed of using the yellow… Read more Hints & Tips May 2023
2023 puzzles
by Vlad and Calluna
by Puck and XAM
by Imogen and Gin
by Komorník
Tie-break puzzle — no Hints & Tips!
3D Crossword Solution – October 2021
Clues by Qaos and Grid by Mang Theme: Thermodynamics The winner of the November puzzle was Andrew Wyss of Leeds. Review of the October 2021 3D crossword [Because I designed this grid, I asked Nick Inglis, half of the grid designing team etc, and one of our 3D editorial team, if he could review it.… Read more 3D Crossword Solution – October 2021
Hints & Tips October 2021
Clues by Qaos and Grid by Mang The background for this puzzle is a Graham Fox photograph in shades of red and yellow depicting some pipework: possibly the interior of a furnace or an engine. The 7 dials grid marks the 156th anniversary of a defining point in the field of Day 34 and for… Read more Hints & Tips October 2021
2021 puzzles
by Nutmeg and Jolt
by Enigmatist and Sirius
by Sirius and Komorník
by Pasquale and Bozzy
by Enigmatist and etc
3D Crossword Solution – November 2020
Clues by Nutmeg and Grid by Mang. The winner of the November puzzle was John Minter of Telford. Not much by way of instruction. We are simply told that clues with asterisks are 1 of 44 and lack definitions and that cells indicated boldly are thematic.