Cross Atlantic (The Telegraph)

Telegraph Puzzles is the subscription puzzle service of the British newspaper The Telegraph, on the web and in its iOS and Android app. Its app listing introduces Cross Atlantic as a word puzzle with real character, and the puzzle sits in the site's crossword section alongside the Cryptic, the Quick and the Mini.

The name describes the clueing. Puzzles published in 2026 mix American and British general knowledge in the same grid: a clue for Idaho as America's Gem State next to a lorry compartment, a town north-west of Darlington next to a subject studied at med school. Most clues are straight definitions or fill-in-the-blank prompts, with some simple anagrams marked (anag.). Some days have a theme tied to asterisked clues, revealed by a final answer.

Cross Atlantic began at the end of 2022: No 14 was being solved in December 2022 and No 174 in May 2023, one number a day. A new puzzle appears every day and answer sites list each one by date, so everybody solving on a given day works the same grid. As with the other Telegraph Puzzles games, you keep daily and weekly streaks and the app can notify you when new puzzles are ready.

It suits solvers who enjoy American-style crosswords but also know their British references, or who want something lighter than the Telegraph's Cryptic.

On the web the grid sits on the left with the full across and down lists beside it, and buttons above for Reveal, Check and More; the current clue also shows in a bar under the grid. The grid is larger than a daily quick crossword, around 15 squares wide.