Just right
Hard enough to make you think, not so difficult it frustrates.
Good cryptics, large enough grid and keyboard
These are okay cryptics, and I prefer using this app to doing other cryptics in Puzzazz, in which the grid and keyboard are too small on my phone, this because Puzzazz shows multiple clues while BestCrosswordCryptics shows just one (in portrait view).
Great Value
Witty puzzles at just the right difficultly level.
There's a slight geographical lean to the UK audience (football teams, British counties etc.) but not too much.
Overall a really good, value for money app for those who enjoy a challenging but entirely doable set of puzzles.
There's a slight geographical lean to the UK audience (football teams, British counties etc.) but not too much.
Overall a really good, value for money app for those who enjoy a challenging but entirely doable set of puzzles.
Glitch
Puzzles appear locked
I purchased this app and paid to access all the puzzles. I can see the packs however most of the puzzles are locked and only 2 puzzles are available per pack.
Please can you explain how to access them.
Thanks
I purchased this app and paid to access all the puzzles. I can see the packs however most of the puzzles are locked and only 2 puzzles are available per pack.
Please can you explain how to access them.
Thanks
Sometimes so stupid!
“Show a third of retailers in the money”. Ans: “PRETENCE”. I love cryptic. The challenge is great but when you shake your head and …. I’m sticking with the freebies, thanks!
Quick and fun
If you’re into a cryptic challenge, these puzzles are not it. But they’re fun to do and take little time if you’re an experienced solver.
Great puzzles!
Almost done with this very enjoyable challenge.
Hoping there’s a new installment available!
Hoping there’s a new installment available!
Terrible clues on some
Yes, I know these are cryptic clues. However, many of them have barely the most tenuous connection to the answers. Usually when an answer is revealed to a tricky clue there is an “aaah, clever” moment, at least with the best written ones. With many here I’ve been left wondering if clues were written with AI, or someone who just doesn’t understand that cryptic clues NEED TO BE SOLVEABLE, and not just have some peripheral connection with their answers in their wording. If you have both clue and answer in front of you, in MOST cases the thinking behind the clue should become apparent. But that is not the case with far too many of the clues here to put it down to my own shortcomings. The clues in Teazel’s cryptic app are generally far better.
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Finally cracking it!
As the only member of my family who didn’t ‘do’ cryptic crosswords I found them very frustrating. You just need to know ‘oh, that’s a signal for this’ or ‘this abbreviation means that’. I tried to learn from a book, but the ‘Learn Cryptic Crosswords app’ also from Teazel is much better and more engaging, and this app gives you reasonably easy practice.
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Cryptic crosswords I can solve
I was really great to find a bunch of cryptic crosswords - my Dad and I used to the the ones in the Age back when we got hard copy papers. But only on certain days because every creator is different and some’s minds just did not work the way either of ours did.
The only reason I’ve given this 4 starts, is because while I can solve the puzzles, some answers I figure out without actually understanding how it fit with the clue. I checked online and for those, they couldn’t figure it out either.
Also a minor thing is the way it jumps around assuming where you are going next, which if you’ve made a mistake, trying to go back, you end up changing letters where you do ‘t mean too.
The only reason I’ve given this 4 starts, is because while I can solve the puzzles, some answers I figure out without actually understanding how it fit with the clue. I checked online and for those, they couldn’t figure it out either.
Also a minor thing is the way it jumps around assuming where you are going next, which if you’ve made a mistake, trying to go back, you end up changing letters where you do ‘t mean too.
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My daily brain teaser.
I’ve enjoyed the daily challenge of these puzzles. But now I’ve completed all 300 I’m left wanting more - please?
Clear cryptic
Not the most difficult such as the best of The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. But clever and interesting and joyful to do. Would be very good for cryptic crossword beginners.
Where have they gone?
Purchase all the packs a while ago, now they have disappeared and I have to pay again, not great!
Straight up and down (and across)
This is the most straightforward implementation of a cryptic crossword app that you can get. No frills, no complications, just the crosswords. Enough puzzles here for weeks or months of entertainment, depending on your skill. If you like the sound of that, this is a very easy buy.
Repetitive
Clues and answers repeat in most puzzles.
Jeff
I like the iPad format. Crosswords are just about my level. Very enjoyable. Produce some more.
Help
How do I get this please?
Enjoy these in my spare time
Really like these crosswords and is something my partner and I do together. Better than scrolling through twitter.
Cryptic
Great selection of crosswords, excellent value
Great games
I love doing the on my commute - it’s a great way to disengage after work.
