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The episode was written by the programme's creators, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith , and directed by Guillem Morales. The story begins with Nina surreptitiously entering Squires's rooms on a stormy night and being discovered; this leads to Squires teaching her how to decipher clues in cryptic crosswords.

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The plot of "The Riddle of the Sphinx" revolves around the clues and answers to a particular crossword puzzle. The idea to focus an episode on crosswords came from Pemberton; he had long been a fan of cryptic crosswords, but particular inspiration came from Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword , a non-fiction book by Alan Connor.

The crossword featured in "The Riddle of the Sphinx" was set by Pemberton, and was published in The Guardian on the day the episode aired, credited to "Sphinx". This crossword contains multiple ninas—hidden messages or words. Along with many of the crossword's answers, one nina is integral to the episode's plot. A second was introduced accidentally, and then incorporated into the episode.

A third nina is an Inside No. Critics responded extremely positively to the episode, lauding its writing and the precise attention to detail in the production. Commentators noted that the episode was very dark, and probably the cleverest episode of Inside No. Roach's performance was praised, as was the direction of Morales. The third series of Inside No.

It was shown on BBC Two at pm, clashing with first episode of the third series of Catastrophe , the acclaimed Channel 4 comedy. Most of the episode was filmed in Langleybury , a country house in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire , which had previous been used for the Inside No. The opening exterior shot was filmed in a court of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.