There are two new puzzles every day: a 13×13 crossword and a 5×5 mini. Everyone gets the same puzzles on the same date, and the day turns over at midnight where you are. Use the date box to go back to an earlier day, or Random puzzle for one from the practice pile.
The grids are filled by a computer from a list of ordinary English words and phrases, and every clue was written for this site. None of it comes from a newspaper or another puzzle maker. The full-size puzzles sit around a Monday-to-Wednesday level: straight definitions, some wordplay, the odd pun. A clue ending in a question mark is playing a trick on you.
Click or tap a square and type. Click the same square again, or press Space, to switch between Across and Down. Arrow keys move around, Tab and Shift+Tab jump between clues, Backspace deletes. Press the full stop (period) key or the Pencil button to pencil in letters you're unsure of; they show in grey.
Check marks wrong letters in a square, a word or the whole grid. Reveal fills them in, with a small corner mark so you know. Turn on Show mistakes as I type if you want help all the way through. A puzzle counts as a clean solve only if you finish it without checking or revealing.
Your letters, times and statistics are kept in this browser only, so you can close the page and carry on later. Nothing is sent anywhere and there's no account. Under ⋯ → Statistics you can export everything to a file, import it on another device, or wipe it.
The crossword maker takes your own words and clues, fits them into a grid, and gives you a printable PDF with an answer key, or a link that opens the puzzle here for someone else to solve. The puzzle travels inside the link; we never see it.