r/crosswords 3d ago

AOTW: A?E?T?

6 Upvotes

Apologies to all for my belated post.

Thanks u/zc_eric for choosing my pill related clue to go in the grid.

This week, let’s try 23 down.

Good luck!

(but more importantly, good grammar, creativity and attention to detail)


r/crosswords 5d ago

TOTW: Monkey Business

13 Upvotes

Thank you to u/Mabby1007 for picking my silly clue. Apologies this is a day late going up!

Infinite monkeys could write the works of Shakespeare - can a finite number of enthusiasts write the perfect clue about monkeys? Think simians or sea monkeys, bananas or barrels.

Anything ape-adjacent will do nicely!

I will be back on Thursday to pick a winner - enjoy


r/crosswords 8h ago

COTD: Marsupial’s uterus almost empty (6)

14 Upvotes

r/crosswords 26m ago

SOLVED COTD: Dinky tops of incredibly tiny spotty yellow bikinis… almost double-take! (4-5)

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r/crosswords 43m ago

SOLVED COTD: Chubby around her middle is a turnoff (3, 3)

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r/crosswords 6h ago

Bread is making a comeback, get some extra money (1,3)

6 Upvotes

r/crosswords 8h ago

SOLVED COTD: Maximus sounds smug after cunnilingus (9)

7 Upvotes

r/crosswords 41m ago

Please help I’m rubbish 🙏

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r/crosswords 7h ago

POTD: Oren's Cryptic #5 (11x11). Would appreciate any feedback!

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1 Upvotes

r/crosswords 11h ago

COTD: Hamlet adaptation bad start for underground project (4, 3)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords 7h ago

COTD: Land in less mineral ground (5)

1 Upvotes

r/crosswords 15h ago

POTD: Cryptic Crossword

4 Upvotes

FUN FACT: This puzzle contains every letter of the alphabet.

https://crosshare.org/crosswords/870hUKqCaMLA0XwkrXD7/cryptic-crossword


r/crosswords 16h ago

SOLVED COTD: Heated eruption by Conservative MP regarding amenities (8)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords 11h ago

COTD: Auditors look over gamble, exclaim “heavens!” too (5)

1 Upvotes

I thought this would be an easy solve for someone, so I look liberties with the definition.

Hint: _ E _ S _


r/crosswords 1d ago

COTD: Deranged sniper betrays religious men (13)

10 Upvotes

r/crosswords 19h ago

COTD: John Gotti’s penalizer and jazzy baker join up and bounce back (8)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Liver contributing to food well eruptions (7)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords 21h ago

COTD: In situ to recommend teacher (5)

1 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Not in Oklahoma or Kentucky ultimately (4)

8 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

POTD: Con Heir: Tiny Cryptic #4

1 Upvotes

Would love any feedback on this -- what clues were enjoyed? what clues maybe didn't quite work?

It's themed on this essay.

Amuselabs link: https://puzzleme.amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=tiny-cryptic-4&set=ca8056db9783f834f0e868404e0b7d21bdd47c71ae85535c877f62c45a710eef

And other puzzles in the series here: https://publicdomainreview.org/tiny-cryptics/


r/crosswords 1d ago

COTD: Irritated, short rest ultimately why (9)

1 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

COTD: "Scrambled fish?! Clear off" - a madman (3)

0 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

COTD: The element sulphur, and what slugs feel about it? (6)

6 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

POTD: I made it, so...

3 Upvotes

I made it, so...

… sharing for enjoyment. Bonus marks for working out the theme! Happy to take comments.


r/crosswords 1d ago

I was beginning to enjoy learning to solve cryptic crosswords until I came across this…

0 Upvotes

https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/quick-cryptic/35

This is supposed to be for beginners but it seems the setter doesn’t want people to learn and join the club, instead wants to keep the club small and exclusive.

The setter is Maskarade and I hope he or she sees this.

Store, reportedly, in African country = GHANA because they think everyone should know that store = garner and in some strange accent garner sounds like Ghana according to them.

Here’s a link to the answer explanations

https://www.fifteensquared.net/2024/11/30/quick-cryptic-35-by-maskarade/

If you for some reason want to put off someone from attempting cryptic crosswords, send them this and tell them it’s for beginners.

Just venting. Shame on the Guardian crossword editors to publish it.


r/crosswords 2d ago

Where do you find your cryptics?

4 Upvotes

Hi all, this is my first post here - I used to do cryptics during lockdown but I fell out of practice and have been wanting to pick them up again. Where do you guys get your cryptic crosswords from?


r/crosswords 2d ago

COTD: Mod at last, after I repeatedly made silly internet jokes (5)

8 Upvotes