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This is a themed cryptic crossword. Once you've solved all the clues, extract the theme from the grid. No unindicated rearrangements are required. Penpa+ solver Across 1. Expert d...
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This is a themed cryptic crossword. Once you've solved all the clues, extract the theme from the grid. No unindicated rearrangements are required. Penpa+ solver Across 1. Expert d...
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The answer to this puzzle is a list of fourteen thematically related terms. Each of these is clued cryptically, and the wordplays and theme are to be determined. The answers are cl...
If you are so inclined, solve the cryptic clues below. Once solved, replace exactly one letter in each of the resulting words (no re-ordering) to create a new list of thematically...
Uh-oh! I encoded another message, but I don't know what it says... Here's the message: 65, 64, 336, 585, 854, 1342, 1404, 1717, 608, 2231, 928, 3100, 3589, 4961, 1376, 5029, 5353,...
This is a Cryptic Family Reunion puzzle, where a set of cryptic clues has been given, and the answer to each clue follows the same theme. Since a definition for the answer would gi...
12-Down, Six Letters: Word that follows “Hacksaw” or “Heartbreak” in film titles
As we approach a milestone in Guardian setting, here are some treats from the archiveThe Guardian is approaching its millionth cryptic clue. There is, of course, no overall databas...
Cryptic crossword setters are still finding new ways to celebrate April Fools’ DayIt’s April, so it’s time to continue our tracking of the ebb and flow of April foolery in crosswor...
Across 1 Setter, so flipping healthy for extremely old one (10) 6 Junk needing charts on return journey (4) 9 Sects making reductions in expenditure saving a quid...
Over the past few months, I have developed a taste for cryptic crosswords. Different to normal crosswords, these puzzles revolve around clues that are self-contained miniature ridd...
For nearly a century, the Guardian has been challenging and delighting its readers with these puzzles. Here’s to 30,000 moreLate in 1928, the Guardian made plans to give its reader...
This is a Cryptic Family Reunion puzzle, where a set of cryptic clues has been given, and the answer to each clue follows the same theme. Since a definition for the answer would gi...
Tony Long will be sharing his knowledge in an illustrated talk in Thame called Cracking Cryptics: An Easy Guide to Solving Cryptic Crosswords.
Across 1 Bargemen losing ram travelling in desert (5) 4 Arrangement of schematic set of questions (9) 9 Little fine weather for festival (7) 10 Unreliable bloke harbour...
Across 1 Bargemen losing ram travelling in desert (5) 4 Arrangement of schematic set of questions (9) 9 Little fine weather for festival (7) 10 Unreliable bloke harbour...
A mini crossword you can solve in a few minutes. The post
A mini crossword you can solve in a few minutes. The post
Has someone done this before? A crossword with all clues palindromic? Have a few lame clues pro forma... Martina Navratilova needs it Friends electric? don't get out, it only gets...
My colleague sent me this Jupyter Notebook that's supposed to populate a masked two-dimensional array with ASCII characters, but all I see are these cryptic error messages. I asked...
Across 9 Attempt Morse’s first name? (9) 10 Heavenly bread provided by mum and nan in a tizzy (5) 11 The Greatest Book I used as part of court case (5) 12 Dane muddled d...
Across 1 Spooner’s to transcribe Mark? Rubbish! (9) 6 In the midst of chaotic, rowdy rabble (5) 9 Six-footers having back trouble after mass carrying cross (8) 10 Fringe...
Play this crossword inspired by the June 2026 issue of Scientific American
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