Cryptic Crosswords

Here you can find my assortment of (rather poor) cryptic crosswords I've created. Feel free to try them, with the knowledge that they are made by an amateur and are probably a bit dodgy. Alternatively, you are also free to return to the safety of my homepage.

For the mathematicians/interested, I gave a talk at Manchester's Pure Postgraduate Seminar in November 2024 on solving Cryptic Crosswords and their combinatorics, which was voted the Talk of the Year by attendees (thank you!). You can view the slides of Moroccan birds, coots, risk unending snow storms for this talk? (13,2,10) here.

I aim to stick a new crossword up here on Mondays of every other month. Solutions published at the end of the following month.

[19] Cryptic Crossword #19, 09-06-2025. **NEW**
[18] Cryptic Crossword #18, 02-06-2025.
[17] Cryptic Crossword #17, 28-04-2025. [Solutions]
[] Spring Special 2025, 21-04-2025. [Solutions]
[16] Cryptic Crossword #16, 14-04-2025. [Solutions]
[15] Cryptic Crossword #15, 07-04-2025. [Solutions]
[14] Cryptic Crossword #14, 24-02-2025. [Solutions]
[13] Cryptic Crossword #13, 17-02-2025. [Solutions]
[12] Cryptic Crossword #12, 10-02-2025. [Solutions]
[11] Cryptic Crossword #11, 03-02-2025. [Solutions]
[10] Cryptic Crossword #10, 23-12-2024. [Solutions]
[9] Cryptic Crossword #9, 16-12-2024. [Solutions]
[8] Cryptic Crossword #8, 09-12-2024. [Solutions]
[?] Christmas Cracker?, 02-12-2024. [Solutions]
[] Spooky Special 2024, 28-10-2024. [Solutions]
[7] Cryptic Crossword #7, 21-10-2024. [Solutions]
[6] Cryptic Crossword #6, 14-10-2024. [Solutions]
[5] Cryptic Crossword #5, 07-10-2024. [Solutions]
[4] Cryptic Crossword #4, 26-08-2024. [Solutions]
[3] Cryptic Crossword #3, 19-08-2024. [Solutions]
[2] Cryptic Crossword #2, 12-08-2024. [Solutions]
[1] Cryptic Crossword #1, 05-08-2024. [Solutions]