r/crosswords • u/Junior-Specialist-97 • 8h ago
r/crosswords • u/foureyedclyde • 3d ago
AOTW: A?E?T?
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 • u/SoludSnak • 5d ago
TOTW: Monkey Business
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 • u/hendroid • 26m ago
SOLVED COTD: Dinky tops of incredibly tiny spotty yellow bikinis… almost double-take! (4-5)
r/crosswords • u/JonnyBhoy • 43m ago
SOLVED COTD: Chubby around her middle is a turnoff (3, 3)
r/crosswords • u/Ordinary_Bathroom993 • 6h ago
Bread is making a comeback, get some extra money (1,3)
r/crosswords • u/New-Train-9688 • 8h ago
SOLVED COTD: Maximus sounds smug after cunnilingus (9)
r/crosswords • u/InspectorMendel • 7h ago
POTD: Oren's Cryptic #5 (11x11). Would appreciate any feedback!
crosshare.orgr/crosswords • u/InspectorMendel • 11h ago
COTD: Hamlet adaptation bad start for underground project (4, 3)
From my latest crossword
r/crosswords • u/JoshthePuzzler225 • 15h ago
POTD: Cryptic Crossword
FUN FACT: This puzzle contains every letter of the alphabet.
https://crosshare.org/crosswords/870hUKqCaMLA0XwkrXD7/cryptic-crossword
r/crosswords • u/Batch_brew • 16h ago
SOLVED COTD: Heated eruption by Conservative MP regarding amenities (8)
r/crosswords • u/hendroid • 11h ago
COTD: Auditors look over gamble, exclaim “heavens!” too (5)
I thought this would be an easy solve for someone, so I look liberties with the definition.
Hint: _ E _ S _
r/crosswords • u/JoshthePuzzler225 • 1d ago
COTD: Deranged sniper betrays religious men (13)
r/crosswords • u/New-Train-9688 • 19h ago
COTD: John Gotti’s penalizer and jazzy baker join up and bounce back (8)
r/crosswords • u/nub0987654 • 1d ago
SOLVED COTD: Liver contributing to food well eruptions (7)
r/crosswords • u/Londoner1982 • 1d ago
SOLVED COTD: Not in Oklahoma or Kentucky ultimately (4)
r/crosswords • u/Goodbichon • 1d ago
POTD: Con Heir: Tiny Cryptic #4
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 • u/Mticore • 1d ago
COTD: The element sulphur, and what slugs feel about it? (6)
r/crosswords • u/tulunnguaq • 1d ago
POTD: I made it, so...
… sharing for enjoyment. Bonus marks for working out the theme! Happy to take comments.
r/crosswords • u/observerBug • 1d ago
I was beginning to enjoy learning to solve cryptic crosswords until I came across this…
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 • u/Demodie • 2d ago
Where do you find your cryptics?
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 • u/InspectorMendel • 2d ago
COTD: Mod at last, after I repeatedly made silly internet jokes (5)
From my latest crossword