r/crosswords • • 1d ago

AOTW: I?T?R?E?

5 Upvotes

Thanks to u/SirJimothySmalls for choosing my clue in last week's AOTW.

This week, let's work on another down clue with 20D: I?T?R?E?

Happy clue-setting, and I'll be back next week to pick the winning clue.


r/crosswords • • 1h ago

COTD: The Commons acts as refuge for Jersey? (5,5)

• Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 3h ago

COTD: Punchier leader of coalition leaves proposal that is start to resolution (7)

2 Upvotes

New to these, let me know if I could have made the surface better


r/crosswords • • 9h ago

COTD: Poison ruined nice day (7)

8 Upvotes

easy but sure


r/crosswords • • 9h ago

SOLVED COTD: Translate Polish (5)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 9h ago

SOLVED COTD: Maybe Cinemax is American? (3,7)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 13h ago

SOLVED COTD: Lynch authors 'Eraserhead'—it shows in this cinema? (8)

13 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 17h ago

COTD: Elbrus quest cut short (7)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 20h ago

SOLVED COTD: Suzuki withholds beast (4)

2 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 20h ago

SOLVED COTD: Tropical island grain discussed (4)

4 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED Low-effort roundup II

2 Upvotes

Here's some more clues that don't really warrant their own individual posts. Enjoy.

Permit an Asian to be heard (5)

Some effort exerted with skill (5)

Metal is appropriate for listeners (5)

Seafarers to accommodate English and Yanks (5)


r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Interrupting show with short commercial is a grey area (6)

12 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Glass slipper (7)

11 Upvotes

This is almost certainly an old chestnut, but it was new to me so I thought I’d share it anyway :)


r/crosswords • • 1d ago

COTD: For for example example (9)

4 Upvotes

A little loose but couldn’t resist


r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: One in France to have a meal getting Sprite (6)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Cheat traveller on vacation? That's disgusting! (5)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED E.g. I log and sort rocks (wanting hammer ultimately!) (9)

2 Upvotes

Note: I could not get away from the word "sort" so I really needed a way to get rid of the letter R while still maintaining &lit status. I think this still results in a reasonable &lit as a geologist would certainly want a hammer (i.e. a geologist's hammer/pick).


r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Sternest crew member stationed here? (7)

3 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

COTD: Rapidly changing crowd attached to the Italian quarter (6)

3 Upvotes

MOBILE

From the Times Jumbo. I don't fully understand how you get the answer....


r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: “A way to hear one's heart can be found within purest ethos” — Copernicus (11)

12 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

Dynamic boundary line provides initially a nod of agreement? (3)

3 Upvotes

Double def

Step 1
Some dynamic boundary lines in sports or called a yellow elastic strip


r/crosswords • • 1d ago

COTD: Dunce’s cap is thrown in for daydreamer (8)

5 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Chef that is making a baked treat (6)

9 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Return, oh wizard, for tribute (6)

8 Upvotes

r/crosswords • • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Popular recruit (American) to become secret-service agent? (7)

3 Upvotes