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Canada’s rep for World Crossword Federation, bringing online Cryptic Championships to US & Canada in July 2026! 🏆 My cryptics: Crossweird, The Browser, AVCX, OoLF, Minute Cryptic. Scrabblegrams monthly. Letter banks repeatedly. He/him 🇨🇦 IG: lowdowncryptic

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Here's some info about #USCanadaCrypticCC (I'll post more once registration opens on Sunday) - Online solving rounds on Sundays in July 💻 - For residents of US & Canada only 🇺🇸🇨🇦 - Two championships, same puzzles & schedule 🗓️ - Free to enter, open to all ages & skill levels 🧒👵 - Results & prizes 🏅💰

If you’re the kind of solver who enjoys a genuine challenge, we suggest you take a stab at Stella Zawistowski’s latest cryptic crossword. Just turn to page 61 in June’s issue of Games World of Puzzles and get started. Good luck!

I am going to do this and I am going to get demolished but I have been hoping for a cryptic solving competition for the US for a while what even are the crossword hashtags on here anyway #xw #crosswords

This is a great one from @lowdowncryptic.bsky.social. One of the nice things about hyper-specific indicators is that they can really boost the overall surface read, which in this case keeps the whole thing greener than the Cryptick palette. The overall read has some political bite, too.

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You haven't joined Cryptic Crossweird yet? Subscribe now! www.patreon.com/CrypticCross... Two clues from my puzzle: Cryptic novice copying some letters? It makes things easier (11) 😉 Measure of disgust from Kevin Kline or Chris Klein after Larry Kline joins Calvin Klein at film's premiere (3,6) 🤣

It's the first #WorldCup match to be played in #Canada! 🇨🇦 (I'm in #Toronto, but not at Toronto Stadium) And there's another major competition coming to North America soon: the US & Canada Cryptic Crossword Championships! (see details below) Go Canada! Go Cryptic! #WorldCup2026 #USCanadaCrypticCC

My new cryptic went out to Cryptic Crossweird subscribers today! It's my slangiest puzzle yet, aimed at Millennials and Gen-Z (and young-seeming Xers like me!) 😎 Subscribe now! For $2.50/mo you'll get two FUN cryptics a month, with access to all past puzzles! www.patreon.com/CrypticCross... More ⬇️

⭐🇺🇸 Attention, US & Canada Crossword People! 🇨🇦⭐ Free registration is now open for our first-ever national #cryptic #crossword solving championships, online this July! www.crypticsingh.com Prizes for top solvers, fun and challenge for all! 🤓 Please share! Let's make this big 🤩 #USCanadaCrypticCC

Sample clue: It hits different (4) 😂 Thanks to the Cryptic Crossweird crew (@momes.bsky.social, @dobolino.bsky.social & Bob Weisz) for awesome editing, and for calling me "an experienced and highly-skilled cryptic constructor, coming up with smooth wordplay and fun surfaces seemingly with ease" 😀

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Not trusting new arrangement to recycle carbon-free (5)

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Clue of the Day | 11 Jun 2026

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BIG #CRYPTIC #CROSSWORD NEWS! National cryptic-solving contests coming to the US and Canada for the first time! 🇺🇸🏅🏆🏅🇨🇦 Participate online - registration will be free! 😀 I’ll be posting about it in the days and weeks ahead (turn on notifications for my posts to get all the news) #USCanadaCrypticCC

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