Cryptic crossword (English Wikipedia)

Eliot, George. "Brief History of Crossword Puzzles". American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

crosswordunclued.com

"Tenglish crossword". Crossword Unclued, 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
"Kannada crosswords: Prajavani, Udayavani, Kannada Prabha". Crossword Unclued, 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
"Prize Hindi Puzzle: Here's Our Winner". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
"Reverse Anagrams". Crossword Unclued. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
"Remembering Admiral Katari, the first crossword setter of The Hindu". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

doi.org

Aarons, D.L. (2015). "Following Orders: Playing Fast and Loose with Language and Letters". Australian Journal of Linguistics. 35 (4): 351–380. doi:10.1080/07268602.2015.1068459. S2CID 60466349.
Friedlander, Kathryn J.; Fine, Philip A. (2018). ""The Penny Drops": Investigating Insight Through the Medium of Cryptic Crosswords". Frontiers in Psychology. 9: 904. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00904. PMC 6037892. PMID 30018576.
Underwood, G.; Deihim, C.; Batt, V. (1994). "Expert performance in solving word puzzles: from retrieval cues to crossword clues". Applied Cognitive Psychology. 8 (6): 531–548. doi:10.1002/acp.2350080602.
Friedlander, K.J.; Fine, P.A. (2016). "The Grounded Expertise Components Approach in the novel area of cryptic crossword solving". Frontiers in Psychology. 7: 567. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00567. PMC 4853387. PMID 27199805.

fifteensquared.net

manehi (1 August 2022). "Guardian Cryptic 28,824 by Vulcan". Retrieved 12 September 2022.
RatkojaRiku (30 July 2021). "Independent 10,857 / Phi". Fifteensquared. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

goodreads.com

Ruth Rendell. "One Across, Two Down". Goodreads. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

ilfattoquotidiano.it

Dario De Toffoli (22 July 2015). "Il cruciverba più difficile del mondo". Il Fatto Quotidiano. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

irishtimes.com

Gillespie, Elgy (22 October 2011). "Carrying the Crosaire". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.

listener.co.nz

Tossman, David (23 November 2013). "Crossword 847 answers and explanations". New Zealand Listener. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

newyorker.com

Remnick, David. "Introducing The New Yorker Crossword Puzzle". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
Henriquez, Nicholas; Maynes-Aminzade, Liz (26 November 2019). "Reintroducing The New Yorker's Cryptic Crossword". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
Henriquez, Nicholas; Maynes-Aminzade, Liz; Kravis, Andy (27 June 2021). "Announcing an All-New Weekly Cryptic Crossword from The New Yorker". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
Maynes-Aminzade, Liz (18 March 2024). "Introducing the New Yorker Mini Crossword". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024. We'll no longer publish a cryptic crossword on Sundays, but fans of the form can still access our archive of more than two hundred cryptics.

nih.gov

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Friedlander, Kathryn J.; Fine, Philip A. (2018). ""The Penny Drops": Investigating Insight Through the Medium of Cryptic Crosswords". Frontiers in Psychology. 9: 904. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00904. PMC 6037892. PMID 30018576.
Friedlander, K.J.; Fine, P.A. (2016). "The Grounded Expertise Components Approach in the novel area of cryptic crossword solving". Frontiers in Psychology. 7: 567. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00567. PMC 4853387. PMID 27199805.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Friedlander, Kathryn J.; Fine, Philip A. (2018). ""The Penny Drops": Investigating Insight Through the Medium of Cryptic Crosswords". Frontiers in Psychology. 9: 904. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00904. PMC 6037892. PMID 30018576.
Friedlander, K.J.; Fine, P.A. (2016). "The Grounded Expertise Components Approach in the novel area of cryptic crossword solving". Frontiers in Psychology. 7: 567. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00567. PMC 4853387. PMID 27199805.

nytimes.com

artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com

Healy, Patrick (16 September 2011). "This Time It's Crosswords (Not Cross Words) That Surface From Sondheim". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com

Horne, Jim (8 November 2008). "Acrostic Creators". Wordplay: The Crossword Blog of The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.

semanticscholar.org

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Aarons, D.L. (2015). "Following Orders: Playing Fast and Loose with Language and Letters". Australian Journal of Linguistics. 35 (4): 351–380. doi:10.1080/07268602.2015.1068459. S2CID 60466349.

theatlantic.com

Rathvon, Henry; Cox, Emily (13 August 2009). "The Puzzler: Sections". The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

theguardian.com

Stephenson, Hugh (16 April 2015). "The story of how cryptic crosswords crossed the Atlantic". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
Arachne (30 January 2014), Cryptic crossword No 26,170 Archived 3 July 2024 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian
Henderson, John (24 April 2013). "(Enigmatist)". Cryptic crossword No 25,930. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
Vulcan (1 August 2022). "Cryptic crossword No 28,824". London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
Connor, Alan (4 December 2023). "Crossword blog: time to take stock". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
Alan Connor (23 August 2012). "Top 10 crosswords in fiction, no 2: Lord Peter Wimsey". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
Alan Connor (12 November 2018). "Agatha Christie's Curtain and its crossword". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
Alan Connor (24 May 2012). "Top 10 crosswords in fiction, no 9: PG Wodehouse's The Truth About George". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
Connor, Alan (26 July 2012). "Top 10 crosswords in fiction, no 4: Oliver's Travels". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
Alan Connor (10 May 2012). "Top 10 crosswords in fiction, no 10: Brief Encounter". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

thehinducrosswordcorner.blogspot.in

"THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: THC Setters". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

thenation.com

Kosman, Joshua; Picciotto, Henri (4 October 2018). "Puzzle No. 3478". The Nation. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
Kosman, Joshua; Picciotto, Henri (14 February 2013). "Going to the Bank". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
Kosman, Joshua; Picciotto, Henri (19 March 2020). "No Cross Words". The Nation. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

thetimes.co.uk

Rogan, Richard (14 August 2023). "Times crosswords: introducing the new Quick Cryptic". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
"The Bugle Audio Crossword". The Times UK. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

timesonline.co.uk

entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

Kamm, Oliver (26 March 2009). "The Times crossword the man who began it all". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2010.

washingtonpost.com

Birnholz, Evan (3 May 2020). "Solution to Evan Birnholz's May 3 Post Magazine crossword, "Disbanded"". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

web.archive.org

Eliot, George. "Brief History of Crossword Puzzles". American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
Millington, Roger. "The Strange World of the Crossword (excerpt)". Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
Healy, Patrick (16 September 2011). "This Time It's Crosswords (Not Cross Words) That Surface From Sondheim". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
Remnick, David. "Introducing The New Yorker Crossword Puzzle". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
"Cryptic crossword abbreviations". Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
Tossman, David (23 November 2013). "Crossword 847 answers and explanations". New Zealand Listener. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
"One of Dr Ghil'ad Zuckermann's Cryptic Crosswords". Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
"Tenglish crossword". Crossword Unclued, 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
"Kannada crosswords: Prajavani, Udayavani, Kannada Prabha". Crossword Unclued, 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
"Prize Hindi Puzzle: Here's Our Winner". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
Dario De Toffoli (22 July 2015). "Il cruciverba più difficile del mondo". Il Fatto Quotidiano. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
Arachne (30 January 2014), Cryptic crossword No 26,170 Archived 3 July 2024 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian
Kosman, Joshua; Picciotto, Henri (4 October 2018). "Puzzle No. 3478". The Nation. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
Kosman, Joshua; Picciotto, Henri (14 February 2013). "Going to the Bank". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
Henderson, John (24 April 2013). "(Enigmatist)". Cryptic crossword No 25,930. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
RatkojaRiku (30 July 2021). "Independent 10,857 / Phi". Fifteensquared. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
Gazza (22 April 2014). "DT 27470". Big Dave's Crossword Blog. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
Connor, Alan (4 December 2023). "Crossword blog: time to take stock". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
Kamm, Oliver (26 March 2009). "The Times crossword the man who began it all". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
Rogan, Richard (14 August 2023). "Times crosswords: introducing the new Quick Cryptic". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
"The Times Crosswords". bestforpuzzles.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
"The Bugle Audio Crossword". The Times UK. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
Horne, Jim (8 November 2008). "Acrostic Creators". Wordplay: The Crossword Blog of The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
Rathvon, Henry; Cox, Emily (13 August 2009). "The Puzzler: Sections". The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
"THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: THC Setters". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
"Remembering Admiral Katari, the first crossword setter of The Hindu". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
Gillespie, Elgy (22 October 2011). "Carrying the Crosaire". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
Kosman, Joshua; Picciotto, Henri (19 March 2020). "No Cross Words". The Nation. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
Birnholz, Evan (3 May 2020). "Solution to Evan Birnholz's May 3 Post Magazine crossword, "Disbanded"". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
Henriquez, Nicholas; Maynes-Aminzade, Liz (26 November 2019). "Reintroducing The New Yorker's Cryptic Crossword". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
Henriquez, Nicholas; Maynes-Aminzade, Liz; Kravis, Andy (27 June 2021). "Announcing an All-New Weekly Cryptic Crossword from The New Yorker". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
Maynes-Aminzade, Liz (18 March 2024). "Introducing the New Yorker Mini Crossword". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024. We'll no longer publish a cryptic crossword on Sundays, but fans of the form can still access our archive of more than two hundred cryptics.
"What makes an expert cryptic crossword solver?". CREATE Ψ. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
Alan Connor (23 August 2012). "Top 10 crosswords in fiction, no 2: Lord Peter Wimsey". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
Alan Connor (12 November 2018). "Agatha Christie's Curtain and its crossword". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
Ruth Rendell. "One Across, Two Down". Goodreads. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
Alan Connor (24 May 2012). "Top 10 crosswords in fiction, no 9: PG Wodehouse's The Truth About George". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
Connor, Alan (26 July 2012). "Top 10 crosswords in fiction, no 4: Oliver's Travels". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
Alan Connor (10 May 2012). "Top 10 crosswords in fiction, no 10: Brief Encounter". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 July 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

worldcat.org

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Gold, Hayley (September 2022). "Cryp-Tic Tick Tick Boom". GAMES–World of Puzzles. Vol. 46, no. 7. pp. 34–37. ISSN 1074-4355.
Parr, Andrew (September 2021). "Cryptic Classroom #1: Anagrams". GAMES–World of Puzzles. Vol. 45, no. 7. p. 33. ISSN 1074-4355.
Parr, Andrew (January 2022). "Cryptic Classroom #4: Charades". GAMES–World of Puzzles. Vol. 46, no. 1. p. 33. ISSN 1074-4355.
Parr, Andrew (April 2022). "Cryptic Classroom #6: Containers". GAMES–World of Puzzles. Vol. 46, no. 3. p. 33. ISSN 1074-4355.
Parr, Andrew (May 2022). "Cryptic Classroom #7: Deletions, Reversals, & lit". GAMES–World of Puzzles. Vol. 46, no. 4. p. 33. ISSN 1074-4355.
Parr, Andrew (October 2021). "Cryptic Classroom #2: Double Definitions". GAMES–World of Puzzles. Vol. 45, no. 8. p. 33. ISSN 1074-4355.
Parr, Andrew (December 2021). "Cryptic Classroom #3: Hidden Words". GAMES–World of Puzzles. Vol. 45, no. 9. p. 33. ISSN 1074-4355.
Parr, Andrew (February 2022). "Cryptic Classroom #5: Homophones". GAMES–World of Puzzles. Vol. 46, no. 2. p. 33. ISSN 1074-4355.
Kosman, Joshua; Picciotto, Henri (14 February 2013). "Going to the Bank". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
Parr, Andrew (June 2022). "Cryptic Classroom #8: Combination Clues". GAMES–World of Puzzles. Vol. 46, no. 5. pp. 38–39. ISSN 1074-4355.
Stigger, Bob (June 2019). "Trash Talk". GAMES–World of Puzzles. Vol. 43, no. 5. p. 62. ISSN 1074-4355.
Rogan, Richard (14 August 2023). "Times crosswords: introducing the new Quick Cryptic". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

zuckermann.org

"One of Dr Ghil'ad Zuckermann's Cryptic Crosswords". Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2008.