Minute Cryptic

What is Minute Cryptic?

Minute Cryptic serves a single cryptic-crossword clue every day, making the famously intimidating cryptic style approachable one clue at a time.

How to play Minute Cryptic

Read the clue, which combines a definition with a wordplay route to the same answer, and type your solution. Optional hints unpack the wordplay if you get stuck.

Tips & strategy

• Find the definition — it's almost always at the very start or end of the clue.
• Spot the wordplay type: anagram, hidden word, charade or homophone.
• Indicator words (mixed, broken, hidden) tell you which trick is in play.

Where to play

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