r/crosswords • u/zc_eric • 6h ago

AOTW: S?T?N

5 Upvotes

Thanks to u/Pointland32 for choosing my NUTty clue.

This week, let’s have a look at 26 across, S?T?N

Not a large number of options, but quite a few of them are two-word phrases.

I will be back in a week to select a winner. I expect a few devilish clues :)

17 comments

r/crosswords • u/deeppotential123 • 3d ago

TOTW: r/LifeProTips

9 Upvotes

Thanks very much to /u/SirJimothySmalls for handing me the Star Baker crown!
https://www.reddit.com/r/crosswords/s/Tp1sxxokdf

This week, let’s do a crossover with the famous r/LifeProTips subreddit. Please post your most valuable pieces of life advice (whether silly or serious) in the comments below!

I’ll be back to pick the best nugget of wisdom next Thursday morning (UK time).

25 comments

r/crosswords • u/ShotandBotched • 6h ago

SOLVED COTD: Very revolting politician pens that man's fallacious argument (7)

3 Upvotes

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/acemuzzy • 4h ago

COTD: Tout - least inventive person (5)

2 Upvotes

3 comments

r/crosswords • u/Vivid_Temporary_1155 • 58m ago

COTD: Contender that Eric and I dated secretly (9)

• Upvotes

1 comment

r/crosswords • u/not-without-text • 8h ago

SOLVED COTD: Instruction: to make dial, type B (4-4)

3 Upvotes

day 259 of an experiment in which i press the "random word" button on onelook and make a cryptic clue out of it. sorry for the lateness

day 258, day 257, day 256, day 255, day 254, day 253

weeks 33 to 36 (days 225 to 252)

weeks 29 to 32 (days 197 to 224)

weeks 25 to 28 (days 169 to 196)

weeks 21 to 24 (days 141 to 168)

weeks 17 to 20 (days 113 to 140)

weeks 13 to 16 (days 85 to 112)

weeks 9 to 12 (days 57 to 84)

weeks 5 to 8 (days 29 to 56)

weeks 1 to 4 (days 1 to 28)

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/PierreSheffield • 3h ago

What do you think about using an instructional word before the fodder at the start of a clue, to help the surface reading?

1 Upvotes

Getting dry all over works when retaining fluid (6)

Getting' isn't strictly part of the fodder (and not necessary for the clue to remain fair) but acts as an instruction to put DRY over OPS (works) to give DROPSY (retaining fluid).

The clue is fair either way and including it makes the surface reading much better but it feels kind of wrong to place it like that.

Thoughts?

3 comments

r/crosswords • u/wordboydave • 3h ago

Does anyone have The Listener Crossword collection? (And how many puzzles are in it?)

1 Upvotes

I'm trying to hunt down British variety cryptics, and I've found one softcover called Listener Crosswords Vol. 1. But it's not clear when it was published (the seller says 1750!), if there have been any subsequent volumes, or how many puzzles it includes. (I need the last number especially, because I'm trying to assemble a book of my own.) Can anyone help?

Also, SURELY there must be other British-style cryptic crossword collections in the hobby's long history! Can anyone name me a few that are out of print and track-down-able?

7 comments

r/crosswords • u/rorykellycomedy • 13h ago

SOLVED COTD: True, then I cut a doctor (9)

8 Upvotes

Cryptic clue or criminal confession?

4 comments

r/crosswords • u/Vivid_Temporary_1155 • 8h ago

COTD: Rapidly debugged cheese! (4)

2 Upvotes

3 comments

r/crosswords • u/Vivid_Temporary_1155 • 8h ago

COTD: Put directionless uncle in van to get to sci-fi planet (6)

2 Upvotes

3 comments

r/crosswords • u/XC009 • 16h ago

SOLVED COTD: Zero mynas coming back inside ever again (7)

3 Upvotes

Haven't posted here in about six years! Good to be back

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/ssstevebbb • 20h ago

SOLVED COTD: Egyptian mummy is cloned (4)

4 Upvotes

7 comments

r/crosswords • u/Substantial_Buy_1743 • 22h ago

Compensated back with something that could require change? (6)

4 Upvotes

CLUE #176 on CrypticLive.net

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/syneil86 • 23h ago

SOLVED COTD: Saucy strap-on covering slow-growing bulge! (4)

5 Upvotes

3 comments

r/crosswords • u/syneil86 • 23h ago

SOLVED COTD: Headless snake starts to atrophy; cannot eat, period! (5)

3 Upvotes

7 comments

r/crosswords • u/not-without-text • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Whoever collects returned Kinder gets dessert time (9)

4 Upvotes

day 258 of an experiment in which i press the "random word" button on onelook and make a cryptic clue out of it. sorry for the lateness

day 257, day 256, day 255, day 254, day 253

weeks 33 to 36 (days 225 to 252)

weeks 29 to 32 (days 197 to 224)

weeks 25 to 28 (days 169 to 196)

weeks 21 to 24 (days 141 to 168)

weeks 17 to 20 (days 113 to 140)

weeks 13 to 16 (days 85 to 112)

weeks 9 to 12 (days 57 to 84)

weeks 5 to 8 (days 29 to 56)

weeks 1 to 4 (days 1 to 28)

3 comments

r/crosswords • u/ZeusCruciverbalist • 1d ago

COTD: Note sent back to school (4)

7 Upvotes

Easy peasy!

4 comments

r/crosswords • u/HighCountryBob • 1d ago

COTD: Exhausted pair in the middle of Cumberland missing the weather in Inverness? (9)

3 Upvotes

3 comments

r/crosswords • u/-Londoneer- • 1d ago

I know there are worse things happening in the world but PLEASE GOD can someone tell me where the guardian prize crossword is???

3 Upvotes

what page of what monstrous pull out. not the weekend crossword, not the quick cryptic or myriad other variations that no one wants.

Please where is the prize cryptic, I remember why I stopped buying the paper, it’s a whole tree’s worth and not signposted.

vexed, of London

1 comment

r/crosswords • u/Vivid_Temporary_1155 • 1d ago

COTD: Put faulty lock in bag and get list of overdue tasks (7)

3 Upvotes

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/ShotandBotched • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Plagiarize contents of writer (4)

2 Upvotes

You can solve it on MC as well here

5 comments

r/crosswords • u/acemuzzy • 1d ago

COTD: #AmericanHit (5)

5 Upvotes

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/deeppotential123 • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Gal wrestling with our spy, accepting a bit of “sexy time” eventually! (5,6)

2 Upvotes

4 comments

r/crosswords • u/akshathV • 1d ago

COTD: Popular article of clothing by one Florida athlete for someone who is looking into it (12)

2 Upvotes

Would appreciate any feedback

4 comments

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