Category: Hints

Diagramless Minicrosswords has now been out for a week. If you need a hint on where to start, check below.

Once you’ve finished that, you can try out this week’s new puzzle, Criss Cross Clues. All the answers are criss-crossing away.

In each minicrossword, the only numbers appear at the start of words, and they go in numerical order from top-left to bottom-right. Every grid except for one has the number one in the top-left square. The eighth grid has the 1 in the square directly to the right of the top-left one.

Crossed Words has now been out for a week. If you need a hint on where to start, check below.

Once you’ve finished that, you can try out this week’s new puzzle, Diagramless Minicrosswords. Numbers and black squares not included.

The three unclued answers in clue order (8-Across, 23-Across, 15-Down) spell out a final clue to the seventeen-letter answer to the puzzle.

The puzzle from 4 May, Compound Cross, has now had its delayed hint posted below. You have one additional week to attempt to solve it.

Once you’ve finished that, the hint has also been released for last week’s puzzle, Picross-Country. How well do you know your countries?

Each of these clues will give a compound word as an answer. Each compound word can be split into its two halves to fit in the grids.

The puzzle from last week, Compound Cross, is now available to solve with a hint for half points. The hint is shown below.

Once you’ve finished that, check out the new puzzle for this week, Crossed Words. It feels like there is a missing clue.

The completed picross puzzle will give you a picture of a country. The answer is the name of that country.

Lizard Breath has now been out for a week. If you need a hint on where to start, check below.

Once you’ve finished that, combine it with the rest of your answers to solve the new Metapuzzle Mix-Up. I would suggest writing down all your answers from the past eight weeks.

There are thirteen related words in this puzzle, some originating in other languages. Once you’ve marked them all, it may be helpful to take a step back and look at the puzzle from a wider view.

Common Ground has now been out for a week. If you need a hint on where to start, check below.

The new puzzle for this week is Lizard Breath. Dragon breath is fire, but what is lizard breath?

Numbers 1-20 mark pairs of identical words, while numbers in parentheses are word lengths.

Each of the following words can be added to one half of one of the diagrams with only numbers to make it easier to solve: BEE, CHOCOLATE, CRIB, DOT, DWARF, LAKE, PHENOMENON, SEC, SPIDER, WHIP.

The French Connection has now been out for a week. If you need a hint on where to start, check below.

The new puzzle for this week is Common Ground. Venn you are looking for connections, use a diagram.

You will need to connect pairs of English words which sound like a new English word or phrase. Alphabetize your remaining words to find your final clue. Don’t forget to remove all punctuation before entering your answer!

The puzzle Resupply has now been out for a week. If you need a hint on where to start, check below.

The new puzzle for this week is The French Connection. Something may have been lost in translation.

Each shop uses a different encoding method to determine their prices. In each case, the shop titles provide a hint. For two of the shops, you will need to look at first letters, and for two other shops, you will only need to look at one or two of the letters. The final shop cares about all the letters, but not what they are.

The puzzle Mixed Signals has now been out for a week. If you need a hint on where to start, check below.

The new puzzle for this week is Resupply. Each of these shops has a different method of setting prices.

Each of these signal flags is actually two flags in one. To solve the puzzle, you will have to extract the ANSWER.