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Clues and Grid by Shark Theme: Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen The winner of the November puzzle is Robin Smith. Review of the November 2022 3D crossword Shark is a setter I don’t know personally, and I’m not sure where to find more Shark puzzles, though I know some have appeared in the Listener… Read more 3D Crossword Solution – November 2022
Clues and Grid by Shark The background for this puzzle is a Graham Fox photograph of an underground vault of Middle Eastern appearance. This puzzle by Shark uses an innovative and appropriate grid of 4 square layers widening from 3×3 at the top to 9×9 at the bottom and marks 100 years since a famous… Read more Hints & Tips November 2022
This year we introduced a vote from solvers to select the 3D Calendar puzzle of the year. The clear winners were Sirius and Enigmatist with their amazing two sphere tribute to Araucaria with Shark’s inspired Freddie Mercury/Farrokh Balsara puzzle as runner up. Each voter was permitted three votes to be allocated as they felt appropriate.… Read more 2021 Puzzle of the Year
by Imogen and Patch
by Vlad and Aramis
by Raich and Bozzy
by Pickles and Gin
Clues and grid by Shark. The winner of the September puzzle was Jake Schumacher from Champaign, IL, USA. The instructions were lengthy. We were told that the crossword celebrates the unclued 5ac 13ac’s 75th anniversary (and later this year a 30th anniversary).
Clues and Grid by Shark The background for this puzzle is a posterised black and white Graham Fox photograph showing two bicycles. The 5x5x7 grid celebrates the 75th anniversary of the birth of 5ac 13ac (“the star”) and also a 30th anniversary later this year. Twenty answers must have the same thematic letter inserted or… Read more Hints & Tips September 2021
by Nutmeg and Jolt
by Enigmatist and Sirius
by Sirius and Komorník
by Pasquale and Bozzy
by Enigmatist and etc
| Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | Arachne / Gin | JAN solution |
| FEB | Vlad / Bozzy | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
| MAR | Shark / Chalicea | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
| MAR Extra | Ecologue / Logogriph | MAR Extra puzzle |
| APR | Enigmatist / Pickles | APR puzzle APR solution |
| MAY | Pasquale / Philostrate | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
| MAY Extra | Bozzius / Bozzy | MAY Extra puzzle |
| JUN | Anax / Pickles | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
| JUN Extra | Pickles | JUN Extra jigsaw puzzle JUN Extra directed puzzle |
| JUL | Nutmeg / Aramis | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
| AUG | Tramp / etc | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
| SEP | Sirius | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
| SEP Extra | Encota | SEP Extra puzzle & solution |
| OCT | Ecologue / Logogriph | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
| NOV | Curmudgeon | NOV puzzle NOV solution |
| DEC | Puck / Bozzy | DEC puzzle DEC solution |
| DEC Extra | Sirius | DEC Extra puzzle DEC Extra solution |
