Questions tagged [cryptic-crosswords]
Cryptic crosswords are a special type of crossword puzzle where clues combine a definition with wordplay. Use [crosswords] where the clues don't obey the conventions of cryptic crosswords; [cryptic-clues] or [crossword-clues] for clues not assembled into whole crosswords.
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Impressions – a cryptic crossword
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1. Past prog rockers (RIP) drinking whisky (10)
6. Acting award for Mr Hopkins, according to inside source? (4)
9. Clean up after last bit of tofu remaining on plate, perhaps (7)...
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Scully’s foot fungus cream – A who-has-done-this crossword
This is a cryptic crossword themed on the TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Mild spoilers ahead. No knowledge of the plot or characters is required beyond what’s explained here.
A crime has been committed ...
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Family reunion crossword: The case of the missing letters
This is a crossword version of the "cryptic family reunion" puzzle type introduced by Jeremy Dover. Ten thematic clues have had their definition part replaced by a term for a family member.
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Wait a minute, this *is* 1 across!
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1. Woman in white dress gets good partner that's worth marrying, as he can let 1 across? (12)
9. Big name in French cinema, Jean, with one Oscar, ultimately (6)
11. East Asian ...
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Vespertide affairs
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4. Gives 7 down to clumsy doofus from behind (4)
8. Electronic automaton makes comeback in future (2,2)
10. They used to fly by a city with many skyscrapers (6)
11. Militant ...
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Worship and Wandering
This is part 67 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a direction-agnostic cryptic crossword. Instead of writing top-down, left-...
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Adam Smith and David Hume
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1. Politician rejecting MAGA ideology is a bit of a cliché (6)
5. Seize outspoken drunken sailor (6)
9. Cede control of European kingdom invaded by Germany (4,4)
12. Entirely ...
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66: Luftballons
This is part 66 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This is a Dosun-Fuwari puzzle. Place some balloons (white circles) and anvils (...
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Semme a Cardiff you go there!
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1. Compelling bishop to inhabit obscure valley (10)
6. Common pets with friendly personality and large muscles (4)
9. A little out of Cardiff, a namesake place of a famous ...
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You can't tell me the US lacks –
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1. Wyoming national park managed only wee slot (11)
9. Florida public housing clerk in Springfield mart (3)
10. California city cops regularly dropped somewhere in Southeast ...
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Quinoa with vinegar
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1. Bravo! First-rate type of code you texted back... It reveals almost nothing! (5)
5. Standard for Brits but not for the French or for Germans, who cut quantity in half (6)
9. ...
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Restricted – a cryptic crossword
This is part 62 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
Every clue in this cryptic crossword contains one extra word, which must be ...
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You won't believe what John's hostesses discovered
This is a three-dimensional crossword. The seven grids below depict the layers of a 7x7x7 cube. "Across" and "down" clues work like in normal crosswords, and "away" clues ...
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Breaking New Ground
This is part 60 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
This crossword is a combination of straight crosswords clues, cryptic clues and ...
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A Cryptic Integration Crossword
A little while ago I started getting into cryptic crosswords (after several false starts over the years) and have started enjoying them and doing them on the regular.
I thought I would try creating ...
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