Crossword Sites

A list of interesting and useful crossword sites for both setters and solvers.


The Guardian Crosswords
The Guardian's online crossword site. Provides access to daily puzzles, an archive of past puzzles and the monthly "Genius" crossword. Now free!

1 Across
1 Across is a magazine founded in 1984 by John Graham (Araucaria). Each month, 1 Across features two new crosswords by Araucaria and three other puzzles by guest compilers, one of which is a prize puzzle.

3D Crosswords
Try something different - 3D crosswords. This site has the crosswords in calendar form and is producing a calendar for BBC Children in Need and RNIB.

Best for Puzzles
Best for crosswords, codewords, word searches, jigsaws & other puzzles, games and trivia .

Crossword Abbreviations on Wikipedia
A list of useful crossword abbreviations on Wikipedia.

Crossword Links
A source of many crossword links, from online puzzles, dictionaries and solving aids to computer programs.

Crossword Solver
Utility site for finding matching words.

Fifteensquared
A blog that provides daily commentary and analysis of the Independent, Guardian, Financial Times and Private Eye cryptic crosswords.

The Magpie
The Magpie is a subscription magazine dedicated to providing the most demanding of puzzle solvers with consistently excellent crosswords and numerical puzzles.

Private Eye's Crossword
The crossword in Private Eye, set by Cyclops. Without doubt, the rudest crossword around.

The Church Times
The Church Times publishes a new puzzle each week with a religious flavour.

The Crossword Centre
Derek Harrison's crossword resource centre.