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Clues by Tramp and Grid by Gin Theme: I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, Radio Four Programme first broadcast April 1972 The winners of the April puzzle are Monica Jeffrey & Denise Brocklehurst of Weston Under Wetherley. Review of the April 2022 3D crossword We were told that this puzzle celebrates a 50th anniversary. At… Read more 3D Crossword Solution – April 2022
Clues by Tramp and Grid by Gin The background to this puzzle is a Graham Fox photograph of two colourful rectangular parachutes against a blue sky. The Grid by Gin is a Seven Dials grid, but with the unusual feature that each cell in the central core contains two letters. On each level there are… Read more Hints & Tips April 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 Boatman and Jolt
by Soup
by Sirius
by Imogen and Patch
by Vlad and Aramis
by Shark
by Pickles and Gin
Clues by Tramp and Grid by MaxJackson. The winner of the May puzzle was Jerome Colburn. We were told that this puzzle marks the 70th anniversary of the first appearance of what was to become the 25ac, 27to.
Clues by Tramp and Grid by Max Jackson The background for this puzzle is a Graham Fox photograph showing some colourful flowers, possibly lupins. This grid by Max Jackson celebrates the 70th anniversary of a cultural institution. There are ten undefined thematic entries, divided into a quartet and a sextet. Three of the quartet portrayed… Read more Hints & Tips May 2021
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.
| 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 |
| Month | Setter / Designer | Download |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | Rufus / Sirius | JAN puzzle JAN solution |
| FEB | Everyman / Linxit | FEB puzzle FEB solution |
| MAR | Enigmatist / 45 | MAR puzzle MAR solution |
| MAR Extra | Sirius | MAR Extra puzzle |
| APR | Tramp / 45 | APR puzzle APR solution |
| MAY | Curmudgeon / Chalicea | MAY puzzle MAY solution |
| JUN | Pasquale / Bozzy | JUN puzzle JUN solution |
| JUN Extra | Sirius | JUN Extra puzzle |
| JUL | Sirius | JUL puzzle JUL solution |
| AUG | Samuel / Chalicea | AUG puzzle AUG solution |
| SEP | Nutmeg / Aramis | SEP puzzle SEP solution |
| SEP Extra | Malteser / Sirius? | SEP Extra puzzle |
| OCT | Anax / Aramis | OCT puzzle OCT solution |
| NOV | Raich / Philostrate | NOV puzzle NOV solution |
| DEC | Puck / Oberto | DEC puzzle DEC solution |
| DEC Extra | Sirius | DEC Extra puzzle DEC Extra 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 |
by Eclogue and Logogriph
by Qaos and Max Liversidge
by Nutmeg and Mang
by Enigmatist and etc
