A message from Puck:
The 3D Calendar crossword puzzle for this month (September 2016) is now available, and is another first in the crossword world – a 3D puzzle with an added 4D element. However mind-boggling that might sound, it involves a simple enough idea and solvers will find the puzzle is no trickier than most of the other 3D puzzles on offer.
This year’s puzzles are available online only, as there has been no printed calendar for 2016. The September puzzle (along with many other puzzles) can be found here.
For every correct entry received for the September puzzle, £1 will be donated to Air Ambulance and the John Radcliffe Hospital, in memory of Ray Parry-Morris. Ray was one of the grid designers for the 3D puzzles, who sadly died last month after a short illness.
There will once again be a printed calendar for 2017, the profits from which will as usual be shared between BBC Children in Need and the RNIB .
We found it original and entertaining and not as difficult as last month’s Enigmatist but fairly time-consuming. It is well worth having a go at it.
I’m a huge fan of Eric Westbrook’s 3D Crossword Calendar initiative and he, as Sirius, has produced yet another belter of a puzzle this September.
Can I encourage 15 squared users to support the printed calendar in 2017. The grids are all thematic and the clues are provided by some of the best setters known to us all. They are also easier to complete than you may think.
The bonus is a charitable gift.