Clues by Carpathian and Grid by Rikki. The year is off to a good start with this excellent puzzle. Although not very mysterious, this makes for a lovely solve whether you’re on an airplane, train, or steamship.
3D Crossword Solution – January 2026
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Hints & Tips January 2026
Clues by Carpathian and Grid by Rikki Enter the prize draw by 31 January. The background for this puzzle is a Paco Britto photo of a radio or TV mast and a triangular structure against an orange sunset. This puzzle by Carpathian uses a conventional 7x5x6 grid by Rikki and marks fifty years since the death of… Read more Hints & Tips January 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 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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3D Crossword Solution – May 2025
Clues by Raich and Grid by Rikki. A tall and extra unch-y 7 x 5 x 6 grid, gives us a normal number of lights, but longer and freer ones in the vertical directions. There are some shaded squares to give us an “eponymous character”
Hints & Tips May 2025
Clues by Raich and Grid by Rikki Enter the prize draw by 31 May. The background for this puzzle is a Mike Wilson photograph of a pool of water in a forest. This puzzle by Raich uses a conventional 7x5x6 grid by Rikki, which was part of the World Championship winning entry for 2023. It celebrates the… Read more Hints & Tips May 2025
2025 puzzles
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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3D Crossword Solution – February 2024
Clues by Arachne and Grid by Rikki Theme: Alan Turing The winner of the February puzzle is Hannah John of London. Review of the February 2024 3D crossword Pretty straight road this month, but smooth cluing and a lot of thematic content makes this one a fun ride. The diagram is a 7 x 5… Read more 3D Crossword Solution – February 2024
Hints & Tips February 2024
Clues by Arachne and Grid by Rikki Enter the prize draw by 29 February. Our monitoring stations have intercepted an intriguing message. It seems to have been written by an operative codenamed Arachne based on a design by an operative codenamed Rikki. The first page is a photograph (bearing the name Andrew Littlewood) showing the… Read more Hints & Tips February 2024
2024 puzzles
Each 2024 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.
2024 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 2024 3D Crosswords World Championship. Check your progress if you’re not sure if you qualify.
by Arachne and Rikki
by Paul and etc
by Amoeba and Calluna
No hints for Extra puzzles
by Enigmatist and Bozzy
by Komorník and Calluna
No hints for Extra puzzles
by Vlad and Calluna
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3D Crossword Solution – June 2023
Clues by Tramp and Grid by Rikki. The winner of the June puzzle is Steve Trollope of South Australia. I must start with the top left of the calendar page, and the remarkable additional clue which Graham Fox—or Rikki, or Jolt?—included in the background picture! Well—to quote the song—whoever it was, I’m a fan.