r/crosswords 3d ago

AOTW: A?I?E

6 Upvotes

Thanks to u/foureyedclyde for picking my T-Rex revival clue!  My inner child and outer adult are both delighted.

This week, let’s do 26 Down: A?I?E.  Onelook

There's a decent selection of options, not all ALIKE. ABIDE by good form and creativity, and I’ll pick a winner when I ARISE next Sunday.  Good luck!


r/crosswords 6d ago

TOTW: Falsities

11 Upvotes

Thanks to u/Okieboy2008 for choosing my clue for a single letter!

Inspired by two challenging contests by deeppotential123 (&true and Quite the opposite!), I have decided to combine them into a new theme: your clue's surface must be something objectively and demonstrably false.

Ideally, either it should be a common misconception:

Moth takes inside of fur to eat (5) MOUTH (to eat), from insertion of fUr into MOTH

(The misconception being that moths don't eat clothing, but rather their larvae do as caterpillars.)

Or, it can be something that's the exact opposite of what's true:

Odd number's divisible by two (5) SEVEN (odd number), S + EVEN (divisible by two)

But if those are too hard, you can just make it any false statement whatsoever.

Knowing how the other themes have gone, it'll still be quite a challenge, but I hope you enjoy it, and good luck! I'll choose a winner next Thursday.

(Oh, and just to get this out of the way: nothing about what is a vegetable or a nut or whatever. These terms have too little consensus for something to be decidedly false there.)


r/crosswords 34m ago

SOLVED COTD: Somewhat baroque entertainers (5)

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r/crosswords 5h ago

COTD: Philosophical leader, Plato, has eventually worn leg warmers? (7)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords 3h ago

COTD: Go pee moistly, ruining knowledge-based study (12)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1h ago

COTD: Small square ten in organised pile (6)

Upvotes

r/crosswords 10h ago

SOLVED COTD: Complaint after returning uncooked order (7)

6 Upvotes

r/crosswords 14h ago

SOLVED COTD: Connects with a wild cat by the sound of it (5)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords 15h ago

COTD: Is PM providing the wherewithal to build "original" home for King? (11)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords 15h ago

Beginner app suggestions

4 Upvotes

Dear crosswords community, I'm a beginner and am looking for any apps you can recommend to start learning cryptic crosswords. I know a little bit, but would like to learn more.


r/crosswords 19h ago

COTD: Wild hog in tent produced fermented milk (7)

7 Upvotes

r/crosswords 17h ago

SOLVED COTD: Ship it over, I think (6)

4 Upvotes

r/crosswords 18h ago

SOLVED COTD: Old Vlad was known for being a little rogue and endlessly alert (7)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

COTD: gave a hand to the German, a lieutenant (5)

5 Upvotes

Less savoury version: Gave a hand to the German next to decapitated Disney (5)


r/crosswords 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Informant is seeking informal introductions. Saint or ego-tripper?

5 Upvotes

(10)


r/crosswords 20h ago

COTD: Protection from stalker - email starts with “ur in Paris, maybe?” (8)

Thumbnail cryptick.wildvale.co.uk
2 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Dancing provocatively, dimwit cut short by ruler (8)

7 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Stew in Top of the Pops, being off pitch (3,3)

4 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Of humid confines, nothing is irregular (9)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Improv scenes to portray death and dying (10)

3 Upvotes

I’m open to being told I’m breaking rules with this one lol


r/crosswords 1d ago

COTD: Disconcerting game where French agree with most of Rastafarian lord (5)

1 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Einstein oddly right, even in death, unknown variable is the whole thing (8)

7 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

COTD: Horse eating, for example, 99 is the worst treason (8)

6 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Speaks for the trees, or enters an airport (5)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Wonderful guys ultimately perplexed in strange routes (10)

5 Upvotes