Cryptic
W
ord Puzzles

Like a crossword, but without the "cross"

Apologies - we suffered a short outage in the past few hours. We're back now. It was a server thing; we're keeping an eye on it

Below, you'll find a set of cryptic clues. All you have to do is work out what the solutions are, and type those solutions into the relevant input box.

Now that Lockdown is over, time is precious again for many of us. There just may not be enough hours in each day to complete the cryptic crossword.

So Cryptic Word Puzzles offers the solution - just a limited number of clues daily, on a theme, which gives you just enough time over coffee to complete them. And we give you hints!

Our setters use all the classic techniques to keep your cryptic credentials current

If you finish the set of questions today, that's brilliant. Well done! Then come back tomorrow for more.

That's it. All done for the day.

Now you can put your feet up, take it easy, and wait for us to come up with some more puzzles tomorrow!

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