r/crosswords • u/deeppotential123 • 34m ago
r/crosswords • u/spanthis • 3d ago
AOTW: A?I?E
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 • u/not-without-text • 6d ago
TOTW: Falsities
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 • u/SenPalosu • 5h ago
COTD: Philosophical leader, Plato, has eventually worn leg warmers? (7)
r/crosswords • u/not-without-text • 3h ago
COTD: Go pee moistly, ruining knowledge-based study (12)
day 186 of an experiment in which i press the "random word" button on onelook and make a cryptic clue out of it.
day 182, day 181, day 180, day 179, day 178, day 177, day 176
day 175, day 174, day 173, day 172, day 171, day 170, day 169
weeks 21 to 24 (days 141 to 168)
weeks 17 to 20 (days 113 to 140)
r/crosswords • u/rapsilog • 10h ago
SOLVED COTD: Complaint after returning uncooked order (7)
r/crosswords • u/Quetz-1 • 14h ago
SOLVED COTD: Connects with a wild cat by the sound of it (5)
r/crosswords • u/HighCountryBob • 15h ago
COTD: Is PM providing the wherewithal to build "original" home for King? (11)
r/crosswords • u/BoulderCell • 15h ago
Beginner app suggestions
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 • u/Vivid_Temporary_1155 • 19h ago
COTD: Wild hog in tent produced fermented milk (7)
r/crosswords • u/BloodyDisaster247 • 18h ago
SOLVED COTD: Old Vlad was known for being a little rogue and endlessly alert (7)
r/crosswords • u/Sir_Gauthak • 1d ago
COTD: gave a hand to the German, a lieutenant (5)
Less savoury version: Gave a hand to the German next to decapitated Disney (5)
r/crosswords • u/android_opioid • 1d ago
SOLVED COTD: Informant is seeking informal introductions. Saint or ego-tripper?
(10)
r/crosswords • u/wildvale • 20h ago
COTD: Protection from stalker - email starts with “ur in Paris, maybe?” (8)
cryptick.wildvale.co.ukr/crosswords • u/ioverreadit • 1d ago
SOLVED COTD: Dancing provocatively, dimwit cut short by ruler (8)
r/crosswords • u/SenPalosu • 1d ago
SOLVED COTD: Stew in Top of the Pops, being off pitch (3,3)
r/crosswords • u/not-without-text • 1d ago
SOLVED COTD: Of humid confines, nothing is irregular (9)
day 185 of an experiment in which i press the "random word" button on onelook and make a cryptic clue out of it.
day 182, day 181, day 180, day 179, day 178, day 177, day 176
day 175, day 174, day 173, day 172, day 171, day 170, day 169
weeks 21 to 24 (days 141 to 168)
weeks 17 to 20 (days 113 to 140)
r/crosswords • u/clio-on-kinja • 1d ago
SOLVED COTD: Improv scenes to portray death and dying (10)
I’m open to being told I’m breaking rules with this one lol
r/crosswords • u/Sir_Gauthak • 1d ago
COTD: Disconcerting game where French agree with most of Rastafarian lord (5)
r/crosswords • u/Quetz-1 • 1d ago
SOLVED COTD: Einstein oddly right, even in death, unknown variable is the whole thing (8)
r/crosswords • u/Sir_Gauthak • 1d ago
COTD: Horse eating, for example, 99 is the worst treason (8)
r/crosswords • u/CillieBillie • 1d ago