Humanities Crossword Puzzles and Crosswords

1	Could We Use that in English? Inspired by an author's challenge, this grid is full of borrowed words in English, sourced from various languages. The clue indicates the language the word has been taken from. Some fillers. Have fun!	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	358 plays [ Scores ]	Sep 08 23	sam388
2	Musicals Mixture #2 A mixed topic on musical title, song, lyrics and character.	Humanities	Harder	Small Puzzle	403 plays [ Scores ]	Jul 27 23	sw11
3	All Over the Place 12 (Double Pangram) Here is a crossword with no particular theme, save it is a double pangram which may help when you try to figure out the more unusual words in this crossword.	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	341 plays [ Scores ]	Jun 28 23	1nn1
4	Fantastically Familiar or Fatally Flawed? The letter F is underutilised in the English language; found in under 2.3% of all words in English. Let's raise awareness of the letter F and have a few more than average in this crossword. Oh, and the crossword is a pangram as well.	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	337 plays [ Scores ]	Jun 14 23	1nn1
5	Cruel And Unusual Pangram III Does an author's unbounded fondness for unusual words make it cruel when these type of words are incorporated into a crossword? Roll the dice and find out... (Within brackets are weak attempts at humour that may or may not add value to the clue.)	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	312 plays [ Scores ]	Jun 09 23	1nn1
6	Cruel and Unusual Pangram II Does an author's ongoing fondness for unusual words make it cruel when incorporated into a crossword? Roll the dice and find out... (Within brackets are weak attempts at humour that may or may not add value to the clue).	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	338 plays [ Scores ]	May 27 23	1nn1
7	Simply Idioms (2) Just guess the missing word(s) in mostly common (and some not so common) idioms and phrases. Pangram to boot. At least 10 related to food with couple of fillers.	Humanities	Average	Small Puzzle	686 plays [ Scores ]	May 26 23	sam388
8	Simply Idioms (1) Just guess the missing word(s) in mostly common (and some not so common) idioms and phrases. Pangram to boot.	Humanities	Harder	Small Puzzle	737 plays [ Scores ]	May 15 23	sam388
9	Victorian Era (3) Another crossword puzzle about Victorian England (1837-1901) and its literature and history.	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	330 plays [ Scores ]	Apr 29 23	dersteppenwolf
10	M.C. Escher and More This crossword puzzle includes several clues and answers related to the art of M.C. Escher. Unless otherwise stated, all answers are spelled in US English.	Humanities	Harder	Small Puzzle	213 plays [ Scores ]	Apr 28 23	bernie73
11	May I Borrow This Word? A challenge from psnz requested a puzzle with at least 60% loanwords used in English. At least 6 of the words must have a Hungarian origin. I'm not sure if this qualifies, but I enjoyed compiling it.	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	367 plays [ Scores ]	Apr 24 23	windrush
12	Robin, Rose, Richard: "Ruddigore"! In this lesser-known Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, the Baronet of Ruddigore, Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd (disguised as Robin Oakapple), is in hiding to escape a family curse. A witch has doomed each baronet to commit a crime every day or die in agony. Can Robin lift the curse and win fickle Rose's heart? Two anagrams in this puzzle may prove helpful. Enjoy!	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	204 plays [ Scores ]	Mar 20 23	psnz
13	Philosopher's Stone Mixed humanities crossword puzzle, mostly dedicated to famous philosophers and their works	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	340 plays [ Scores ]	Mar 14 23	dersteppenwolf
14	Idioms, Phrases and Similes A list of commonly used idioms, phrases and similes. Fill in the correct word or words to complete the idioms, phrases and similes.	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	695 plays [ Scores ]	Mar 14 23	sw11
15	Victorian Era (2) Another crossword puzzle about Victorian England (1837-1901) and its related literature and history	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	403 plays [ Scores ]	Feb 11 23	dersteppenwolf
16	Victorian Era A crossword puzzle about Victorian England (1837-1901) and its related literature and history	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	480 plays [ Scores ]	Jan 17 23	dersteppenwolf
17	Much Ado About Nothing This crossword puzzle includes several clues and answers related to the Shakespearean play "Much Ado About Nothing". Unless otherwise stated, all answers are spelled in US English. Dedicated to Liz.	Humanities	Harder	Large Puzzle	416 plays [ Scores ]	Dec 17 22	bernie73
18	Love Across Time Throughout history (and doubtless pre-history) people have fallen in love. This crossword explores some of those people, both in fact and fiction. One anagram for an obscure word. Enjoy!	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	499 plays [ Scores ]	Dec 15 22	windrush
19	Charity - an Act of Love In this sometimes selfish world, it is good to know that there are people and organisations dedicated to giving others a hand up when they are in need. I hope you will enjoy playing my puzzle.	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	409 plays [ Scores ]	Dec 10 22	windrush
20	22 Letters The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters. This puzzle explores some of those letters and the words they can create. Best of luck.	Humanities	Harder	Small Puzzle	345 plays [ Scores ]	Oct 15 22	pollucci19
21	I've Been Cornered Here's a fairly straightforward puzzle, with some clues that might be less so, and something in the title to give you a bit of a hint.	Humanities	Harder	Small Puzzle	726 plays [ Scores ]	Sep 11 22	spanishliz
22	Chinese Myth This puzzle takes you to some figures from Chinese mythology and religion... and there's some fillers as well. Best of luck.	Humanities	Harder	Small Puzzle	407 plays [ Scores ]	Aug 16 22	pollucci19
23	Musicals Mixture A mixed topic on musical title, song, lyrics and character.	Humanities	Harder	Small Puzzle	692 plays [ Scores ]	Jul 12 22	sw11
24	Fill Me In This puzzle is part of the "Crossing Fun Trivia Games" challenge. Like the FT game "Fill Me In", you will be asked to fill in the blanks. The clues are a combination of idioms, aphorisms, proverbs, and pithy quotes. Enjoy!	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	740 plays [ Scores ]	Jun 11 22	BigTriviaDawg
25	Goyims' Guide to Yiddish This offering was inspired by psnz's contract to create a crossword using Yiddish terms. As a Gentile, I apologise unreservedly if I've got it wrong. The terms were lifted from Wikipedia's 'List of English terms of Yiddish Origin'. I have identified the Yiddish origin words as Y. Mazel tov!	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	340 plays [ Scores ]	May 07 22	windrush
26	There's No Place Like It ...Home, that is! A small crossword highlighting a few names for home - for people and for some animals. I hope you enjoy it.	Humanities	Harder	Small Puzzle	755 plays [ Scores ]	May 04 22	windrush
27	Roman Numbers all the way! Inspired by an Authors' Lounge Contract, every answer in this crossword is a Roman number. Also, there are no Arabic numbers in the clues. A suggestion is to use your favorite search engine liberally to solve it: some understand commands like "123 to roman" and "mmxxii to arabic". Enjoy!	Humanities	Harder	Small Puzzle	414 plays [ Scores ]	Feb 17 22	psnz
28	When in Rome... This author challenge requires creation of a crossword where all the answers are in Roman numerals. It took me III grid attempts and IV hours to get it right. simply convert the clues into Roman numerals.	Humanities	Harder	Small Puzzle	509 plays [ Scores ]	Feb 16 22	1nn1
29	Creatures and Deities of Legend Inspired by a book of myths and legendary creatures, I present this crossword for your enjoyment.	Humanities	Harder	Medium Puzzle	666 plays [ Scores ]	Jan 12 22	windrush
30	Mostly on Stage Here there will be found a few plays, some musicals (and a movie) and people and things related to the stage.	Humanities	Harder	Small Puzzle	686 plays [ Scores ]	Dec 02 21	spanishliz

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