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Cryptic crosswords

[Deleted User] · 2020-01-20 13:30:07

I've got some time off work and have decided to to finally give cryptics a proper go. Just a few days in. Any advice? People say "get to know the setter".. Which would you advise that is online and good for a beginner? I've been using an app called Learn Cryptic Crosswords and watching some Cracking The Cryptic on Youtube.…

20-01-2020 02:30PM

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I've got some time off work and have decided to to finally give cryptics a proper go. Just a few days in.

Any advice? People say "get to know the setter".. Which would you advise that is online and good for a beginner?

I've been using an app called Learn Cryptic Crosswords and watching some Cracking The Cryptic on Youtube. Does anyone have other good interactive resources?

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Got maybe the first I'm happy with from the Guardian's Quiptic..

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The 'original' (Derek Crozier) Irish Times Crosaire clues were fun once you got into them. I'm not at all a fan of any of his successors, I'm afraid. The above clue reminds me of Crosaire

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