Decryptic: Cryptic Crosswords

Cryptic crosswords are wonderful once they click. Getting them to click is the hard part.

Decryptic teaches you one clue at a time. Every clue comes with three hints you can take or ignore: what kind of clue it is, which words are the definition, and how the wordplay works. Take none and solve it cold. Take all three and see exactly how it was built. Either way you learn something.

A DAILY CLUE
One cryptic clue a day, the same one for everyone. Solve it and build a streak.

MINI PUZZLES
Five clues each, small grids, no half-hour commitment. Good for a bus stop.

A TUTORIAL THAT ISN'T HOMEWORK
Every cryptic device — anagrams, hidden words, charades, containers, reversals and the rest — with signposts to look for and worked examples. Read them when you're curious, not before you start.

EVERY ANSWER EXPLAINED
Not just what the answer was, but why. That's the bit that makes the next one easier.

No accounts. No ads. No internet needed. Nothing is collected about you — your streak and your times stay on your phone and are never sent anywhere.

Made by one person. There's a link inside to tell me what to build next.