r/crosswords • u/SenPalosu • 1h ago

COTD: Like, I know already all about developing habit with pace! (12)

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/crosswords • u/rapsilog • 4h ago

SOLVED COTD: Complaint after returning uncooked order (7)

3 Upvotes

3 comments

r/crosswords • u/Quetz-1 • 8h ago

SOLVED COTD: Connects with a wild cat by the sound of it (5)

3 Upvotes

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/HighCountryBob • 9h ago

COTD: Is PM providing the wherewithal to build "original" home for King? (11)

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/crosswords • u/BoulderCell • 9h ago

Beginner app suggestions

3 Upvotes

Dear crosswords community, I'm a beginner and am looking for any apps you can recommend to start learning cryptic crosswords. I know a little bit, but would like to learn more.

1 comment

r/crosswords • u/Curious_Condition611 • 11h ago

SOLVED COTD: Ship it over, I think (6)

3 Upvotes

6 comments

r/crosswords • u/BloodyDisaster247 • 12h ago

SOLVED COTD: Old Vlad was known for being a little rogue and endlessly alert (7)

2 Upvotes

1 comment

r/crosswords • u/Vivid_Temporary_1155 • 13h ago

COTD: Wild hog in tent produced fermented milk (7)

6 Upvotes

3 comments

r/crosswords • u/wildvale • 14h ago

COTD: Protection from stalker - email starts with “ur in Paris, maybe?” (8)

cryptick.wildvale.co.uk

1 Upvotes

0 comments

r/crosswords • u/Sir_Gauthak • 18h ago

COTD: Disconcerting game where French agree with most of Rastafarian lord (5)

1 Upvotes

6 comments

r/crosswords • u/Sir_Gauthak • 18h ago

COTD: gave a hand to the German, a lieutenant (5)

5 Upvotes

Less savoury version: Gave a hand to the German next to decapitated Disney (5)

5 comments

r/crosswords • u/android_opioid • 18h ago

SOLVED COTD: Informant is seeking informal introductions. Saint or ego-tripper?

5 Upvotes

(10)

5 comments

r/crosswords • u/SenPalosu • 20h ago

SOLVED COTD: Stew in Top of the Pops, being off pitch (3,3)

4 Upvotes

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/not-without-text • 20h ago

SOLVED COTD: Of humid confines, nothing is irregular (9)

3 Upvotes

day 185 of an experiment in which i press the "random word" button on onelook and make a cryptic clue out of it.

day 184, day 183

day 182, day 181, day 180, day 179, day 178, day 177, day 176

day 175, day 174, day 173, day 172, day 171, day 170, day 169

weeks 21 to 24 (days 141 to 168)

weeks 17 to 20 (days 113 to 140)

weeks 13 to 16 (days 85 to 112)

weeks 9 to 12 (days 57 to 84)

weeks 5 to 8 (days 29 to 56)

weeks 1 to 4 (days 1 to 28)

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/ioverreadit • 22h ago

SOLVED COTD: Dancing provocatively, dimwit cut short by ruler (8)

6 Upvotes

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/clio-on-kinja • 23h ago

SOLVED COTD: Improv scenes to portray death and dying (10)

3 Upvotes

I’m open to being told I’m breaking rules with this one lol

5 comments

r/crosswords • u/Sir_Gauthak • 1d ago

COTD: Horse eating, for example, 99 is the worst treason (8)

5 Upvotes

14 comments

r/crosswords • u/Quetz-1 • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Einstein oddly right, even in death, unknown variable is the whole thing (8)

5 Upvotes

4 comments

r/crosswords • u/CillieBillie • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Speaks for the trees, or enters an airport (5)

4 Upvotes

3 comments

r/crosswords • u/JoshthePuzzler225 • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Wonderful guys ultimately perplexed in strange routes (10)

4 Upvotes

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/clio-on-kinja • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Disheveled foster father mostly company to beginning enthusiastically (3, 2, 3, 5)

2 Upvotes

2 comments

r/crosswords • u/HighCountryBob • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Mangy, idle mutt circling Eastender's boat complex (12)

3 Upvotes

6 comments

r/crosswords • u/DJ_MegaMeat • 1d ago

COTD: Carbon shortage affects a German energy provider (8)

2 Upvotes

6 comments

r/crosswords • u/SenPalosu • 1d ago

SOLVED COTD: Terminations of old people leading US and China, having failed exam for bad writing (4,2,7)

3 Upvotes

4 comments

r/crosswords • u/wildvale • 1d ago

COTD: Entrance to Dracula’s study evokes terrible fear (5)

cryptick.wildvale.co.uk

4 Upvotes

1 comment

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