Questions tagged [crosswords]
A question including or relating to crossword puzzles. Use [cryptic-crosswords] for British-style cryptic crosswords; [crossword-clues] or [cryptic-clues] for clues as distinct from whole crosswords.
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Star Crossword, and anagrams
Rules:
The star is from 5 straight lines, each line for 1 word.
The 2 double circles have same letter.
The 2 dashed circles have same letter.
The direction is Top-Down. For horizontal line is Left-...
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Historical Crossword Puzzle
This is the first question for the new Fortnightly Topic Challenge #14: History.
Clues:
A fight near a place which was sung about 159 years later.
A great man dies in a city where they can't build ...
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A crossword to appease all
(Click for full size)
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1. Steal extremely experimental metal song or 26-across maybe (6)
4. "Wardrobes malfunctioned", most rang for short interval (8)
10. Future engineer edits New York, USA'...
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Crossed Words Puzzle
This is a small puzzle, I don't think it should be too hard and it doesn't have a "final answer" word or phrase.
I made this in response to a challenge that my friend who first showed me this site ...
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Another Six-words (------||||||)
People call me crazy. I think perhaps I am
I just seek justice and there is no other way
I don't want to create chaos: quite the opposite.
It is a voice chanting in my head. (Or do others hear ...
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A Numbers Crossword
This is just a straightforward crossword puzzle. Every answer is some positive integer. To make it a bit more interesting I have withheld the clue for H5. Use the fact that with the clue for H5 the ...
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Crossedwords and ciphers and riddles oh joy!
Nothing too special, a crossword to complete, with some layers beneath.
All you'll need lies within the puzzle. Cross-words are cool aren't
they?
Click on it to enlarge image.
Normally you'd ...
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Your not so normal 'Who am I?'
This Who am I? Is a little more in depth, with a few puzzles to solve to get to the final answer. First let's start off with a short story riddle. From the story you should get two answers. One is 5 ...
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A Minesweeper Crossword
This is a Random thought that occurred to me. It consists of combining aspects of Minesweeper, Nonograms, and Crosswords together to create this rather interesting and, I believe, difficult puzzle.
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The Rotated Crossword
This rotated crossword works just the same as a regular crossword. Only exception being that, after you've found the solution to a clue, you don't put this word directly into the grid. Instead, you ...
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Triptych of Animal Cryptics
Here is a triptych of miniature cryptics for the animal lover in you.
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3. Slowpoke slain gruesomely (5)
4. Humpback turned up fourth of whales (5)
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1. Gang of weasels tiptoe (...
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Crossword Clue for ERECS
I'm designing a crossword right now and am looking for a clue for the word "ERECS." It has appeared in a crossword before, but I'm not exactly sure about "ERECS" as "Sets up." Is there any chance "...
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The English Department
After walking through the computer science department, the tour entered the English department. The interior was very spartan, and the only thing I could see was a pinboard with the following items:
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A crossword so simple, it practically solves itself
An entry in the 19th fortnightly challenge...
A Grid
Some Clues
There are three examples of this in the finished grid
Two answers that touch a corner, in relation to 25A (D)
Contained in the ...
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An Italian-styled crossword puzzle
This new puzzle consists of a crossword. For those who don't know this is done using the Italian style (as opposed to US/UK), so two-letter words are allowed and defined. This crossword puzzle has a ...
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A Letter: When Sherlock meets Moriarty
After the flight, I returned to my flat, 221b, Baker Street. I knew that Moriarty was at my place. There were some muddy footprints outside my room. But not just a single person, 2 or 3 people.
I ...
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A crossword with a single clue #2
I have prepared you a new crossword with numbers. The words include: English words, phrases, proper names, abbreviations that could be found online.
In blue: Reversed luminous plasma likes dark ...
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A special word-play crossword
Vertical
1. I could be cash but a key buggered me.
3. Go spell!
4. Quiet! Not inside!
5. She was standing behind the arc.
6. A whole of 10.!
7. Apparantly, everyone needs reputation and food. ...
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Race to the Past: A Historical Scavenger Hunt
This was intended to be for History Fortnight, but I didn't quite get it finished up in time. (I now have a history of just missing these cutoffs.) Here's the puzzle, though you'll definitely need ...
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Cryptic clue: Boil rocks in wood scrap (7)
I'm newbie to cryptic crosswords and I'm a bit lost as to how "abolish" is the answer to the clue "Boil rocks in wood scrap (7)."
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Five letter words at cross purposes
Please solve the four clues, each is five letters, which would complete the crossword.
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Take away my first letter I sound the same, then take away my last letter I sound the same, even take ...
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Largest word-square puzzle [duplicate]
What is the largest word-square puzzle known? Can you make a bigger one? Obviously, you must use more than four words, six or seven letter words would be really good.
Using computers allowed, not ...
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Circular crossword
After solving the following crossword, you'll find five letters that stand out from the rest. Combine them to find the solution to this puzzle. Hint: it's something you'll need to succeed at this.
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How do people decide which words to use in crossword puzzles?
I've tried my hand at creating a crossword a few times, but generally there have been way too many interlinks between words for me to create even a solution grid with any ease. Often I get about a ...
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The Crossword from 240BC
Use the following clues to solve the crossword:
Down
1. Loud emotional repetition
2. Commonly a Catholic praise hymn
3. <...
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The smallest crossword
I heard Martin Gardner in one of his books presented a crossword, which looks like 3x3 square. Could you help me to find it?
Also, have been there a smaller crossword puzzle created?
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Is reverse-engineering crossword puzzles a thing?
I was recently trying to recreate a crossword puzzle based off of a picture of half the puzzle and the answer key. I found it to be very enjoyable. Is this a thing? Is there anywhere that I can find ...
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Concordant Crossword: A MtG crossword
Enjoy this relatively easy Mtg themed crossword. All entries are card names (punctuation and spaces removed but otherwise preserved). Yes some of them are going to be hard to get in a vacuum, but fill ...
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Phrase for _CY_E
I'm working on creating a crossword puzzle and am unfortunately stuck with the combination ~CY~E (blank C Y blank E). Does anyone have any PC phrases or words that could fit that combination?
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Yet another Four-words (----||||)
Just had an idea on a new Four words question:
(See the original for the solution format
Four-words (----||||)):
1) I am a visual definition of myself when you had the answer
2) My position is kind ...
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Good Crosswords [closed]
I'm looking for a good online crossword that I can do when I have breaks in my day. Since I'm a web designer, I want something that has a well designed website. Also, since I like to think I'm smart, ...
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Crossword Puzzles: What is this crossword type?
I found these rules for a crossword, but I don't know what type it is. Can anyone help me?
The rules:
The words are given and you're asked to place them on the grid!
The grid and the list of ...
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Movies, movies, movies!
Each answer is the title of a well-known movie...
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4. Teardrop flows for a broken relationship (8)
6. Spin the hated frog, until brown (3,9)
9. Immediate disaster as Neb crewman’s sly weapon ...
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Largest Complete Scrabble Block
Let's define a Complete Scrabble Block as an arrangement of Scrabble tiles such that:
The four edges are all flat.
All words are words.
There is an order in which the tiles can be played in a game of ...
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Crossword: My favourite puzzlers
Who are two of my favourite puzzlers on Puzzling.SE?
Complete the crossword below to find out. A complete answer will provide the names of two of my favourite puzzlers on Puzzling.SE as well as the ...
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Cryptic Crossword #3: Words on Wheels
Calling all puzzlers! Bailey M is back with Cryptic Crossword #3. Good luck, and enjoy!
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1. Finished sculpture is a total letdown (8,4)
8. Exist as god of secret material (3)
9. Rhetorical ...
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Cryptic Crossword #1: The Inauguration
Calling all puzzlers! I've made my very own cryptic crossword, especially for you! Good luck, have fun, and happy solving.
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1. Not-all-there sibling touches bit of leg in lewd locale (7)
5. ...
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Cryptic Crossword #2: Stack-in-the-Box
I'm back with a second cryptic crossword. This one is smaller than my previous, yet also trickier, so hopefully it provides a fun challenge for a few of you!
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1. Pass around venomous snakes (4)...
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Find the missing letters
This should be an easy puzzle.
Replace the x in the below with letters to make 6 valid 5-letters English words (no proper nouns or abbreviations) both vertically and horizontally.
This puzzle will ...
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Some four word puzzles (and possible bounty)
A four word puzzle (see this and this) is basically a 4x4 grid containing 4 4-letter words, and reads the same top to bottom or left to right. For example,
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RELATIONS: Introducing the Sudokross
Behold my sudokross!
Similar to sudoku, the objective is to fill every row and every column with the ...
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Want to See My Crossword? Too Bad!
I had a wonderful crossword all prepared for you.
But... you suck. >:( So I'm just going to tell you about it.
It was an 8-by-8 American-style grid with white and black squares, ...
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A random crossword [closed]
I've made a crossword using this site. You can post partial and/or complete answers. Solution will be posted next week.
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Six-words (------||||||)
My 1st go at this (and first post here). I hope you like.
This puzzle is degrading.
There are plants (with ain)
And the clues are quite obtuse.
It is a smelly, meaty extrude of a puzzle:
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Seven-words (-------|||||||)
Seven-words:
My first is what the bully may show
My second describes some spouses post-nuptials
My third is when something is like something else
My fourth are people who tell you what to pay
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Eight-words (--------||||||||) +1
Eight-words: (+1)
My first is a move in (American) football that will never score you points
My second is like the shaft within a flagellum
My third is really two words and surrounds the feline'...
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Six-words (------) Six-words (||||||)
Six-words:
My first is what a bouncer does if they think you're cool enough
My second is what my fourth does to your pain
My third is your surroundings on a grassy hill in summer
My fourth ...
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Another cryptic Five-word (with a twist)
My last Five-words puzzle seemed well-received, so I thought I'd try another. This one has a bit of a twist to it, which shouldn't be too hard to figure out.
I expect it will be easier to solve ...
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A few Four Word Puzzles, and a Five Word Challenge
After (rather quickly) solving the puzzles found in this link, I decided to make a few of my own (along with my little sister helping make one).
The following is a quote how ghosts_in_the_code ...
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Cryptic Five-words (-----|||||)
Inspired by Aggie Kidd's redux of the original "Four-words" puzzle by Prem, I decided to create a similar "Five-words" puzzle.
Some clues are intentionally somewhat vague and/or misleading, to keep ...
