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Bust your brain in 10 words or fewer: getting hooked on cryptic crosswords
Tuesday, August 19, 2025This article is intended to be read in the browser as it uses some CSS to hide solutions to puzzles.
Cryptic crosswords are a type of crossword popular in Britain and other commonwealth countries. To the uninitiated, the clues look impenetrable. Once you get into them, they're amusing and addictive. In this post, I'll explain how they work and, hopefully, what the appeal is. An example clue (found in Don Manley's Crossword Manual) to get started, which we'll discuss shortly:
Bury in the cold season, no hint of warmth (5)
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