The mere mention of “cryptic” crossword clues can be enough to put an amateur puzzler off their game before pencil has hit paper. As The Telegraph celebrates its crossword centenary, is it time for ...

Our series for those tempted or daunted by cryptics discusses those times when setters say what they mean, even if they don’t mean what they say “How on earth do these things work?” is a reasonable ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Crossword news every morning. This is when a clue hints at a rearrangement of letters to get to the answer. Have a look at this clue: ...

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Richard Silvestri sets us off on a new year with a highly challenging cryptic crossword. By Caitlin Lovinger CRYPTIC CROSSWORD — Perhaps this will be the year variety puzzles go viral — they’re due, ...