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Clues and Grid by Puck Theme: Ulysses by James Joyce The winner of the February puzzle is Max Jackson of Oxford. Review of the February 2022 3D crossword We were told that this puzzle celebrates the 100th anniversary of a publication and the 140th anniversary of a birth. A pseudonym (5,6) hinted at in 5… Read more 3D Crossword Solution – February 2022
Clues and Grid by Puck Stately, plump Puck came from the stairhead, bearing a grid on which various words were crossed. The background was credited to David/Force of Bricks from a design by Jonas Kramm and appeared to be a Lego model of a spacecraft in orbit about a planet. This puzzle celebrated the 100th… Read more Hints & Tips February 2022
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 Imogen and Patch
by Vlad and Aramis
by Shark
by Pickles and Gin
Clues and Grid by Puck. The winner of the April puzzle was Sheila Brain of Exmouth. With this puzzle Puck was the winner of the 2019 RPM Trophy (3D’s end of year competition for 3D crossword designers) so I’ve very much been looking forward to solving it.
Clues and Grid by Puck The background for this puzzle is a Bernard Spragg photograph showing a gear mechanism connecting two shafts at right angles. This grid by Puck won the 2019 RPM Trophy. The puzzle marks a notable anniversary of religious significance. The event in question has an apparently revolting name which rarely fails… Read more Hints & Tips April 2021
The Instructions The November Extra puzzle is also the Tie-break Puzzle for the 2020 3D Crosswords World Championship. To qualify for the World Championship, solvers must have successfully solved at least 12 of the 2020 puzzles (which may include the August Extra). This Tie-break puzzle must be correctly solved in order to win the World… Read more Results of the 2020 3D Crosswords World Championship clue writing competition
Clues and grid by Puck, won by Richard Green of Powys, Wales.
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
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.
Entry Requirements The entry requirements for the 2020 3D Crosswords World Championship are as follows: The November Extra/Tie-break puzzle must be solved correctly, with the solution submitted by the given deadline of January 15 2021. Two written clues must also be submitted by the same deadline, these being clues for the highlighted word and phrase… Read more 2020 3D Crosswords World Championship Qualification
| 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 |
