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“In a poll, 64% of Americans felt that the New York Times Crossword is the hardest to complete,” followed by The Washington Post at 19% and USA Today at 13%. Whether you’re taking your first steps ...

Hello fellow cryptic-solvers! Welcome to a brand new section of The Daily: Cardinal Cryptic! The Cardinal Cryptic is a fun crossword puzzle that contains a hidden word. You can find our first puzzle ...

Arrow keys navigate the crossword squares. Enter cycles through the clues in the board (use shift-enter to cycle in reverse). Tab selects the clue list and then highlights each clue. Use Enter to ...

Arrow keys navigate the crossword squares. Enter cycles through the clues in the board (use shift-enter to cycle in reverse). Tab selects the clue list and then highlights each clue. Use Enter to ...

Cryptic crosswords might seem like gibberish at first glance, but there is method to the madness, with patterns that you can ...

Paolo Pasco, a games editor at TED, won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in 2024 and 2025. He is the author of “Crossword Puzzles for Kids.” ...

Cracking cryptic crosswords isn’t just about vocabulary — it’s about decoding structure, spotting patterns, and knowing when to trust logic over instinct. Experts share proven clue‑reading methods, ...

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 ...

Crosswords occupy a special piece of real estate within the pages of newspapers and magazines. They stand apart from editorial content, their black-and-white grids offering millions of solvers a ...

Ann Tait, who has died aged 83, taught classics for 20 years at a girls’ grammar school in Gloucester, but to aficionados of the Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword she was better known as “Wednesday”.