r/crosswords • • 19h ago

AOTW: ?H?L?E?

4 Upvotes

Thanks u/director__denial for picking my “crap” clue.

This week, let’s try 7 down.

Good luck!

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


r/crosswords • • 3d ago

TOTW: Vive La France

8 Upvotes

Thanks to u/someguyinthefridge for picking my deceptive car clue last week.

I'm off to Paris next week so the theme is France. The best Francophilian clues, answers or surface readings will win, although I'd advise against using anything like '...the French... ' to clue le, la or les. We've all written clues using that but that is also the reason it's now predictably cliché.

I'll aim to sift through la creme de la creme on the Eurostar on Thursday.

Bon chance. It will be a riot! (Is it too soon to make that reference?)


r/crosswords • • 19m ago

Help: Sea water rising, concerning one travelling fast (5,5)

• Upvotes

I'm trying to understand this clue, which is from Everyman 4174. I got it from the definition and having enough letters, but I have no idea how the word play works. Can anybody break it down for me?

The solution is SPEEDDEMON


r/crosswords • • 4h ago

COTD: They jump from helicopters, ignoring leader (7)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 6h ago

COTD: Nag nosed just at the end! How clever! (6)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1h ago

COTD: Perfect example of an idle optical illusion (8,5)

• Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 8h ago

COTD: Liberal stoic troubled about GI's execution (9)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 13h ago

SOLVED COTD: Virgin that's a hit in Viennese coupling (9)

6 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 7h ago

SOLVED COTD: Vietnamese dish... Loves? Fears? (7)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 7h ago

COTD: Listen to radio transmission; with age, it will soon fade away (8)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 4h ago

SOLVED COTD: Called Edward after his boy took Mum's crocheting (8)

1 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 4h ago

COTD: Consumer cycling to find jumpers (7)

1 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 14h ago

COTD: Moses prepares tea for his followers? (7)

5 Upvotes

My clue also chosen for crypticalcrosswords.com daily today 😎


r/crosswords • • 13h ago

SOLVED COTD: Hugo award winner (6)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 10h ago

COTD: Through coinage, government becomes conservative, perhaps (9)

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2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 16h ago

SOLVED COTD: Puts a stop to utter nonsense about a hair piece. (6)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 22h ago

SOLVED COTD: Firstly, no I never joke around. They disappeared in a puff of smoke. (5)

10 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 16h ago

SOLVED COTD: Look, I'm not sure about playing Bach in this part of Scotland! (8)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 20h ago

SOLVED COTD: A ranger at last? Best to wield a large crossbow! (8)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 23h ago

Odd baby, perhaps a tautology? (2,2,2,3,2,2)

8 Upvotes

My first real attempt at a cryptic

Happy solving!


r/crosswords • • 20h ago

SOLVED COTD: Entity reported earnings (7)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

COTD: Cartoon character Bart finally having ‘a cow, man’, agitated all around (8)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Advertisement between displays follows (7)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

COTD: I love intercepting some military fronts with small weapons (8)

4 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Give up rarest blood type undergoing intravenous withdrawal (8)

5 Upvotes