We shall take a stab at REVERSALS today. These are clues which contain the meaning of the answer, as always, and where the answer is also either hidden or indicated […]

We shall look at DELETIONS today. In this category of clues, we need to remove a part of the clue to get the answer. This erasure can happen at the […]

Today, we shall look at “Charades”, a very common category of clues in Cryptics. The clue, as with all cryptic clues, will contain a definition/meaning part and a puzzle part. […]

Today, we shall look at “Double Definitions”, DD in short. This is when the setter is cluing the answer with two definitions. So the answer will have two different meanings […]

Spoonerisms are mistakes made when talking by exchanging the first syllables of two consecutive words. For example, ‘blushing crow’ is a spoonerism of ‘crushing blow’. This term comes from William […]

  Today, we shall dive into the “embedded” clue. In this kind of clue, the setter buries the answer in the clue itself. We can recognize this type of clue […]

When you get some time, please take a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword_abbreviations This is an insanely long list but you will know many if not most of them already. Today, we […]

Good day to all of you! Taking one step back from the examples I sent across last time, here are a few basic things you should know about cryptic crosswords: […]

Welcome! I am hoping this group will be the start of a lifelong affair for all of you with crosswords. A quick note on crosswords and what I have in […]