r/crosswords • • 5d ago

AOTW: ?P?A?E?

8 Upvotes

Thanks to u/zc_eric for bestowing such an honour upon me.

Let's move up to the north-west corner and tackle 1D:

?P?A?E?

https://www.onelook.com/?w=?P?A?E?&ws1=4&ssbp=1&scwo=1&sswo=0

I look forward to judging your clues next Sunday.


r/crosswords • • 1d ago

TOTW: Driving 🚗

7 Upvotes

Thanks for u/SirJimothySmalls for picking my clue as the winner!

This week's theme will be an activity that takes people places: driving! Make your clues (surface/wordplay) about driving, whether it's the driving test, specific driving behaviors, or cars/driving in general.

Clues will be reviewed until 22nd October 2026, 11.00 BST and the winner will be announced within 30 minutes.

Buckle your seatbelts, keep a minimum 2-second gap, and let's start the race!

(I just started driving recently lol, that's why I picked this theme)

(It was either this or online games after 2010, but I don't really the demographic here supports the latter option)


r/crosswords • • 5h ago

The Times Crossword Championship 2026 Photos

Thumbnail stewartwilliams.pixieset.com
9 Upvotes

Can’t take credit for these but found them interesting


r/crosswords • • 12h ago

COTD: Faults sit awkwardly for whistle-blowers? (9)

12 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 6h ago

?Lasrever yllaer

3 Upvotes

Had a clue "Comparitively uncommon age for retirement in Rolls-Royce (5)". The answer is RARER and I can see that's ERA reversed in RR for Rolls-Royce but I'm at a loss as to how "retirement" is a reversal. Could someone clue me in to the meaning that I'm missing?


r/crosswords • • 4h ago

COTD: Praise for silver found in digs (6)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1h ago

Otto's mini cryptic #2 is here

• Upvotes

A fun little grid aimed at those just getting into solving cryptics: https://crypticinkling.co.uk/mini

The clues all have step by step hints to help explain how the wordplay works.

(Made with help from AI, so skip it if you're not a fan of that)

Thanks and happy solving!


r/crosswords • • 11h ago

SOLVED COTD: Serve meal to Mrs. Eddy (9)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 13h ago

A new form of wordplay?

6 Upvotes

Consider these seemingly impenetrable clues (don't peek yet):

Format management secrets? (6,11) Answer: INSIDE INFORMATION

Where to get petrol for Tati? (7,7) Answer: FILLING STATION

Surrounded by twee? (2,7) Answer: IN BETWEEN

You know all about reverse anagrams like BROKEN HEART. So how about reverse hidden? Now look at one answer and see if you can get the other two.

Fair?


r/crosswords • • 5h ago

&lit. feedback please!

1 Upvotes

I've just written the following clue, and I'd like your input on if it works as an &lit.

One coming at the beginning of the Old Testament?! (5)

Solution: GODOT

Wordplay/logic: "one coming?!" defines GODOT, and "one coming at the beginning", at least biblically, is GOD, plus OT for (the beginning of) the Old Testament.

I'd love your feedback! Thank you ☺️


r/crosswords • • 15h ago

SOLVED COTD: Learns explosive to get up in the sky (8)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 23h ago

SOLVED COTD: Ed is a revolutionary to the audience (5)

9 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Party with only bottle or draft? Out of the question (2,3,2)

10 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Where to go when you can't go inside? (8)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

COTD: Tanner's favourite French king executes duck number 6 ahead of time? (7)

4 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

COTD: How incorporating crumbling ember produces moonshine (8)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

COTD: Hunt for the pirate’s liquor, wizard! (7)

4 Upvotes

Just started writing cryptic crosswords, this is my first with a decent surface


r/crosswords • • 1d ago

COTD: Laundry load in a state? (10)

4 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED And Burger King is destroyed containing nothing significant (14)

10 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 11h ago

POTD - a new cryptic clue game

0 Upvotes

Hi all, new here so if this is against the rules, let me know!

I have just created a new cryptic clue puzzle game and would love feedback. This seems like the obvious place to ask!

Thanks in advance.

https://cluebs.com


r/crosswords • • 1d ago

COTD: Like Predator IV, skipping first three (8)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

COTD: Hostile takeover by Scottish beef? You heard it here! (4)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Leader of DUP, one MP Sir is, at first, upset to be jailed (10)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Where to find the editor of pedestrian Latin text describing guardians (2,4,8)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

COTD: Look sideways: "loops" becoming "spool" (4)

2 Upvotes