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Our experts reveal some of the common cryptic tricks and share their top solving tips.

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The mere mention of “cryptic” crossword clues can be enough to put an amateur puzzler off their game before pencil has hit paper. As The Telegraph celebrates its crossword centenary, is it time for ...

Welcome to Fifteen Minutes first-ever (to my knowledge) cryptic crossword. Cryptics are the trickier and weirder British cousin of normal crosswords. Whereas a normal crossword’s clues only have a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But I would like to take this time to get on a hobbyhorse of mine: More people should be doing cryptic crosswords. For the ...

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon start our cryptic year with a brilliant au revoir. By Caitlin Lovinger CRYPTIC CROSSWORD — According to Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, this is it — their last cryptic ...

Among the most challenging crossword puzzles are those in which the answers are hidden in the clues themselves. These are aptly called cryptic. For example, what is the answer to Used to be healthy, ...

Fred Piscop charms with a very American cryptic crossword. By Caitlin Lovinger CRYPTIC CROSSWORD — We are the lucky recipients of Fred Piscop’s first cryptic crossword for The New York Times; let’s ...