Fancy a free, devilish brainteaser before you sit down for work every day? Well, I've got the perfect recommendation.

There’s even a cozy British murder show, BBC One’s Ludwig —newly available on BritBox in the U.S.—starring David Mitchell as an awkward cryptic crossword setter who, in the course of getting roped ...

Editorial: For nearly a century, the Guardian has been challenging and delighting its readers with these puzzles. Here’s to 30,000 more ...

Tony Long will be sharing his knowledge in an illustrated talk in Thame called Cracking Cryptics: An Easy Guide to Solving ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mere mention of “cryptic” crossword clues can be enough to put an amateur puzzler off their game before pencil has hit paper.

PC World outlines a 'prompt decomposition' technique that breaks complex AI instructions into key variables before refining them into a structured prompt. This method can help AI produce more relevant ...

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 ...

As we approach a milestone in Guardian setting, here are some treats from the archive ...

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I met Richard E. Maltby Jr. while working as a Harper’s intern in the spring of 2022. An Englishman in New York, my colleagues were bemused by my lunchtime lucky dip: selecting a cryptic crossword at ...

“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 ...