Puzzle Data for 1940
| No | Title | Setter | Date | √ | More |
| 512 | Music V | Proton | 04-Jan | 5+ | X |
| 513 | General | Doggerel | 11-Jan | 5+ | X |
| 514 | H.C.F. II | Scorpio | 18-Jan | 5+ | X |
| 515 | Latin | Pollux | 25-Jan | 5+ | X |
| 516 | Alphabet II | Proton | 01-Feb | 5+ | XX |
| 517 | Cross Number | Abdul | 08-Feb | 0 | X |
| 518 | Crossword No. 518 | Sirius | 15-Feb | 5+ | X |
| 519 | ‘Old Gems’ | Doggerel | 22-Feb | 5+ | X |
| 520 | General | Sirius | 29-Feb | 5+ | XX |
| 521 | Blue Pencil | Scorpio | 07-Mar | 5+ | X |
| 522 | Crossword No. 522 | Sirius | 14-Mar | 0 | XX |
| 523 | Greek | Pollux | 21-Mar | 5+ | X |
| 524 | General | Sirius | 28-Mar | 5+ | X |
| 525 | Architecture | Proton | 04-Apr | 5+ | X |
| 526 | Crossword No. 526 | Sirius | 11-Apr | 5+ | X |
| 527 | ‘Inns’ | Doggerel | 18-Apr | 5+ | X |
| 528 | Crossword No. 528 | Sirius | 25-Apr | 5+ | XX |
| 529 | ‘Word-Ladder II’ | Afrit | 02-May | 5+ | X |
| 530 | Crossword No. 530 | Sirius | 09-May | 5+ | X |
| 531 | Aviation | Proton | 16-May | 5+ | X |
| 532 | Crossword No. 532 | Sirius | 23-May | 5+ | X |
| 533 | ‘Thomas Hardy’ | Doggerel | 30-May | 5+ | X |
| 534 | Crossword No. 534 | Sirius | 06-Jun | 5+ | X |
| 535 | ‘Slang and the Like’ | Jabberwock | 13-Jun | 5+ | X |
| 536 | Crossword No. 536 | Sirius | 20-Jun | 5+ | X |
| 537 | Cross-number | Algy | 27-Jun | 5+ | X |
| 538 | A Little Bit of Nonsense | Sirius | 04-Jul | 5+ | X |
| 539 | ‘Catullus’ | Doggerel | 11-Jul | 5+ | X |
| 540 | Crossword No. 540 | Sirius | 18-Jul | 5+ | X |
| 541 | ‘Re-Hash IV’ | Doggerel | 25-Jul | 5+ | X |
| 542 | Crossword No. 542 | Sirius | 01-Aug | 5+ | X |
| 543 | Mishmash | Tracer | 08-Aug | 0 | X |
| 544 | Crossword No. 544 | Sirius | 15-Aug | 5+ | X |
| 545 | Checking Up | Scorpio | 22-Aug | 5+ | X |
| 546 | A Nursery Flavour | Sirius | 29-Aug | 5+ | X |
| 547 | ‘Double Acrostic’ | Afrit | 05-Sep | 5+ | X |
| 548 | Colourful | Sirius | 12-Sep | 5+ | X |
| 549 | Chess | Proton | 19-Sep | 5+ | X |
| 550 | Crossword No. 550 | Sirius | 26-Sep | 5+ | X |
| 551 | Latin Word-Ladder | Pollux | 03-Oct | 4 | X |
| 552 | Crossword No. 552 | Sirius | 10-Oct | 5+ | XX |
| 553 | ‘Means Test’ | Jabberwock | 17-Oct | 5+ | X |
| 554 | Crossword No. 554 | Sirius | 24-Oct | 5+ | X |
| 555 | Anglo-French 2 | Proton | 31-Oct | 5+ | X |
| 556 | Crossword No. 556 | Sirius | 07-Nov | 5+ | X |
| 557 | Mishmash | Tracer | 14-Nov | 5+ | XX |
| 558 | Crossword No. 558 | Sirius | 21-Nov | 5+ | X |
| 559 | ‘Spitfire and Hurricane’ | Jabberwock | 28-Nov | 5+ | X |
| 560 | Crossword No. 560 | Sirius | 05-Dec | 5+ | XX |
| 561 | ‘Printer’s Devilry III’ | Afrit | 12-Dec | 5+ | X |
| 562 | Greek | Pollux | 19-Dec | 5+ | XX |
| 563 | Crossword No. 563 | Sirius | 26-Dec | 5+ | X |
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