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Cryptic crossword

A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa. Compilers of cryptic crosswords…

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How cryptic clues work

Grids for cryptic crosswords

Regional variation

Types of cryptic clues

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Variety Cryptics

Cryptic crosswords in specific publications

Setters on more than one British national paper

Cryptic crossword research

Cryptic crosswords in fiction

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Cryptic crossword

Nodes157
Edges156
Triples199
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012739
Components1

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Cryptic crossword

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related to Other languages · 32
Cryptic crossword → Crossword, Cryptogram, Dutch, Ecke, English-language, English-style, Ennio Peres, Enthusiasts, For, Hebrew, Hindi, Il, In Finnish, In India, In Poland, Israel, Italians, Kannada, Kreuz, Logic
related to Cryptic crosswords in fiction · 31
Cryptic crossword → Agatha Christie's Curtain, Alan Plater's, Among, BBC, Brief Encounter, British, British Film Institute's Top, Colin Dexter, Crosswords, Cryptic, Dorothy, In, Inside No, Inspector Morse, Lord Peter Wimsey, Noël Coward, Oliver's Travels, One Across, Othello, Ruth Rendell
related to External links · 21
Cryptic crossword → American, British, Crimson Rose, Crossword Clue Solver, Crossword ZoneHow, Crosswords, Cryptic, Difference, How, Notes, Pretty Girl, Puzzazz, Quick, Sandy Balfour, Solve Cryptic Crosswords, Solving The Nation's Cryptic, The Guardian, The Nation, What, Ximenean
related to history · 21
Cryptic crossword → American, British, Composer Stephen Sondheim, Crosswords, Cryptic, Daily Telegraph, Edward Powys Mathers, In, New York, November, Puzzles, Sunday Express, The, The Listener, The Manchester Guardian, The Observer, The Saturday Westminster, The Times, These, Torquemada
related to United Kingdom · 17
Cryptic crossword → Bert Danher, Bill, Crisp, Crispa, Dinmutz, Edward, Financial Times, Guardian, In Britain, Latin, Mephisto, Others, Powys Mathers, Scrabble, Some, Spanish Inquisitor, Torquemada
related to Clues valid only on particular days or in particular contexts · 15
Cryptic crossword → April, British, British English, Daily Telegraph, Easter Sunday, In, Irritating, London Times, MARCH PAST, New York, Parade, Part, SORE, Sunday Telegraph, TIMES SQUARE
related to Misleading clues · 14
Cryptic crossword → ANALYSIS, Araucaria, Close, Daily Telegraph, Drunk, ERR, IAM, In, March, MERRY, MY, November, Say, To
related to Cryptic crossword research · 11
Cryptic crossword → Aha, Fine, Friedlander, IT, IT-related, Recent, Research, Several, The, This STEM, UK-based
related to Popularity · 10
Cryptic crossword → Mail, Many Canadian, Most, Ottawa Citizen, The, The Globe, The Guardian, The Times, Toronto Star, UK
related to Types of cryptic clues · 5
Cryptic crossword → Clues, In, More, Most, Nearly

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clue cryptic crossword crosswords answer clues word example letters words one anagram definition letter first often part solution puzzles cryptics

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Cryptic crosswordis acrossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle0.90text
Gamesinstance ofalthough they can be found in magazines0.80text
The Nationinstance ofalthough they can be found in magazines0.80text
The New Yorkerinstance ofalthough they can be found in magazines0.80text
Harper'sinstance ofalthough they can be found in magazines0.80text
and occasionally in the Sunday New York Timesinstance ofalthough they can be found in magazines0.80text
frominstance ofbut they tend to utilise standard rules and conventions which become more familiar with practice.Sometimes the two parts of the clue are joined with a link word or phrase0.80text
gives or could beinstance ofbut they tend to utilise standard rules and conventions which become more familiar with practice.Sometimes the two parts of the clue are joined with a link word or phrase0.80text
againstinstance ofthe order of the parts is sometimes indicated with words0.80text
afterinstance ofthe order of the parts is sometimes indicated with words0.80text
oninstance ofthe order of the parts is sometimes indicated with words0.80text
with or aboveinstance ofthe order of the parts is sometimes indicated with words0.80text

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