/r/crosswords
Check out our community compiled crosswords!
Use spoilers as necessary
Please don't guess at, answer, or discuss clues in plain text.
Use reddit's native spoiler format:
>!THE ANSWER!< (with no spaces before or after either !)
which will show up as:
THE ANSWER
Read the wikipedia article about cryptic crosswords if all of this is new to you.
For non-cryptic, American-style crosswords (e.g. NYT), check out /r/crossword
“Help” request self-posts are allowed, but remember spoiler rules still apply.
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Anyone may post clues for solving/evaluation by the community.
You can mark your clue as "solved" by using the flair link below the title of your clue.
Prefix post titles with AOTW:
This is a weekly competition (scheduled for Sundays) where the previous week's winner posts a word or phrase and picks the next winner a week later.
You are asked to use this grid as a source of AOTW answers.
Prefix post titles with TOTW:
This weekly competition (scheduled for Thursdays) is similar to the AOTW, but instead of having a rigid format you can submit any clue fitting the theme.
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Use this to submit complete puzzles. They may be presented as pictures and/or using our special markup (only works in legacy reddit). We also recommend posting an interactive version for solving convenience, if possible.
For the sake of beginners and curious visitors, please provide spoiler tagged annotation (explanations) for solved clues and puzzles. Click the 'Reveal all!" button in any of our community puzzles to see some examples.
For lots of other puzzle-related subreddits, check out the puzzle network
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COTD: Make a big slip knot large, and with short rope, to secure cape (4,1,7)
Make a big slip knot large, and with short rope, to secure cape (4,1,7)
Please show working!
09:59 UTC
COTD: Perfect drinking game. (3)
So now you know the game, are you ready?
09:01 UTC
Solved - Guardian Quick Cryptic Crossword No 32 - Set by Fed
Live solve: https://youtu.be/fYQRWv8G8WI - nice start to the week, thanks Fed
06:27 UTC
COTD: Takes one to know One?
COTD: Takes one to know One? (3)
06:08 UTC
COTD: The best sport (8)
05:01 UTC
Crosswords for non-natives
Trying to do any crossword in english of any type (British or american, direct or cryptic) is so painful, as I can't even do the easiest ones. Are there any news sites (in the sense of "being made by the large news sites, like the guardian, new york times, etc", that make crosswords for ESL people? I want the high quality that is only found in these large sites, really. I want to be able to complete one without getting many hints, while actually getting challenged. While doing crosswords in random sites that provide esl crosswords, I've realized how easy they were even in the hardest difficulty, while getting even a third of even the easiest "normal" ones are essentially just a dream.
02:11 UTC
COTD: Fruit found under plant, mostly; cover protects against rain (8,4)
01:00 UTC
COTD: Beautiful melody is Polish (4-4)
22:06 UTC
COTD: Statue maker who was not amused (6)
21:12 UTC
COTD: Sport primarily lacking sun can lead to bone disease in children (7)
21:11 UTC
COTD: Burt almost gives massage? (7)
19:12 UTC
COTD: Dirty Pa reeks says dictator (7)
19:04 UTC
COTD: Party possessed pure person (7)
19:04 UTC
COTD: Striker on trial for game (4,5)
17:11 UTC
COTD: Mum's mum breaks drum revealing bum (7)
I'm a poet and I never knew.
14:17 UTC
COTD: R&D groups scuffle with pirates (7)
14:14 UTC
COTD: Broken light conceals mechanic's final error (6)
12:40 UTC
Today's Guardian Prize Crossword is a nice bit of fun.
I was only halfway down a cup of coffee before I finished the crossword today. I know people here have been asking about good intermediary-level crosswords, and I thought this one fit the bill very smoothly.
https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/prize/29536
(incidentally, has anyone noticed what a bugger the word "crossword" is to type if you have any form of co-ordination issue? I have dyspraxia and I can *never* get it right first time)
08:11 UTC
What do you wish you could replicate from paper crosswords?
I love the ease and availability of digital crosswords, but there's something so free and creative about solving something on paper. I always find myself wishing to be able to jumble the letters, or quickly write the word outside of the grid with blanks, or write two words on top of each other etc.
What things do you miss the most when you're without pen/paper?
04:08 UTC
COTD: Marilyn Monroe's collapse? (3,8,2,1,4,5,7)
HINT 1: There is a clue somewhere inside of me
01:16 UTC
COTD: Digital pictures taken at the crime scene (12)
21:35 UTC
COTD: Beheaded monarch chasing group through enchanted orchard with no trace of cider leads to hard bargaining (5, 7)
20:04 UTC
COTD: Practice doctor sick (5)
19:58 UTC
COTD: Search: start and stare (6)
18:45 UTC
COTD: Without ending in tragedy, they start to run miles around a type of spring (7)
17:32 UTC
COTD: No-go area in Amsterdam (3-5,8)
12:07 UTC
Good cryptic crosswords online - guardian or otherwise
Hey all, I got into cryptic crosswords via the Sydney Morning Herald. I really liked the cryptics by DP. I canned my SMH subscription a while ago and haven't found a good substitute. I have a guardian subscription but they have heaps of different setters and I've only found a couple enjoyable.
Grateful for any recommendations for good online cryptic crosswords or just who among the Guardian's collection of setters you find worthwhile.
Thanks!
10:15 UTC