Cryptic Advent 2025

Welcome to Cryptic Advent 2025! This is a 24-day cryptic crossword puzzle suitable for total beginners and experienced solvers of cryptic crosswords.

Daily, 3-4 new cryptic clues will be released without any information on length or location... those details become available the following day. Two days after a clue releases, you will get some hints on how to solve it. This is heavily inspired by (i.e. I've blantantly stolen the idea of) Daniel Peake's PUZZLEVENT 2024. My thanks to AP, JH, JA and FS for contributing some guest clues for this year's puzzle. Please note, I'm a one-person operation so clues may not appear at a regular time! I aim to have clues available by early afternoon each day.

At the end of the event, the first person to send me a completed grid will recieve absolutely nothing.

For my normal cryptics, please see my Crosswords page.

 [Day 0] See the grid here!
 [Day 1] Day 1
 [Day 2] Day 2
 [Day 3] Day 3
 [Day 4] Day 4
 [Day 5] Day 5
 [Day 6] Day 6
 [Day 7] Day 7
 [Day 8] Day 8
 [Day 9] Day 9
[Day 10] Day 10
[Day 11] Day 11
[Day 12] Day 12
[Day 13] Day 13
[Day 14] Day 14
[Day 15] Day 15
[Day 16] Day 16
[Day 17] Day 17
[Day 18] Day 18
[Day 19] Day 19
[Day 20] Day 20
[Day 21] Day 21
[Day 22] Day 22
[Day 23] Day 23
[Day 24] Day 24
You can now view the grid with clues included here!
You can now view solutions here!