People seem to be enjoying this one:
Minute Cryptic - 6 April, 2026
"Notice couples in less happy moods. Better to be single?" (4)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (43,285 solvers so far).
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😂 It's in the quick crossword - there's nothing cryptic about it btw!
Hook, line and sinker - my clue in the quick crossword has recieved its first complaint.
Three times four minus four divided by four (6)
Someone wrote in claiming the answer should be "TWO"
Did you get it?
Wrong YouTube link 🤦♂️
youtu.be/zBo8bdP3U44?...
You're welcome - a very stretchy one. I got a few emails....😆
Awesome to see @crackingthecryptic.bsky.social have started a new series solving the Minute Cryptic!
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Hello! Prime numbered letters from HER LIFE are ERIE
Minute Cryptic - 31 December, 2025
"Hunted lost bear, sleep-deprived grizzly with an appetite" (8)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (111,410 solvers so far).
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thanks for the chuckle!
There's actually a "Mrs" version of the anagram too.
MRS EGOMANIAC = MICROMANAGES
MICROMANAGE = MR EGOMANIAC
#anagram
Here are three attempts by the newly released ChatGPT 5.2 to write a cryptic clue for MARMALADE.
Jam made from a ram’s tail end? (9)
Spread from fruit, mostly orange, made at home (9)
Sweet preserve made when a dram’s ale is mixed (9)
We're still safe... for now
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Love that haha. omg, how good would a cocktail bar be where all the cocktail names were cocktails of themselves
Gin and tonic = NOTICING
Rum and cola = CLAMOUR
That's all I've got for now
Cheers,
Liam
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
Disappointed to discover my family’s names cant fit together in a crossword - not even if we include the damn dog
Thanks Bill. I would have definitely needed to use a hint on my own clue I reckon 😂
Well done, thanks for playing!
Sorrrry. very hard one - i doubt I would have got it
Argh that’s the worst when that happens. hope not a mistake by me…
Minute Cryptic - 26 October, 2025
Expect seat diagonal to 5B, say (7)
(I would have preferred a subtler indicator here, but didn’t want to make it too hard)
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From listeners last night, suggested names for a mobile dental clinic:
Molars On Rollers
Tooth Ferry
Have Gum Will Travel
Fangin’ It
Filling Restless
Open Your Mouth & Say Car
Route Canal
K9 V8
Dental As Anything, Anywhere
Tricky one, especially for newbies.
Minute Cryptic - 10 October, 2025
"Critic rewound stream featuring female, sheepishly?" (8)
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🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (4,878 solvers so far).
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A beauty via DA @dontattempt.bsky.social today.
Minute Cryptic - 7 October, 2025
Tailor billed 500 less for offensive suit? (5)
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Minute Cryptic - 2 October, 2025
"20/20 vision eye patch" (3)
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🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (17,513 solvers so far).
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@lrlr.bsky.social Minute Cryptic - 26 September, 2025
"PR pro .rD?" (4,6)
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🏆 0 hints – 4 under the community par (8,880 solvers so far).
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A good 10mins of staring at this before I knew what was going on. Very good.
I love a clue that looks like a maths problem but isn't, because I can't do maths but I CAN solve cryptic crossword clues, ha.
Minute Cryptic - 24 September, 2025
"12 - 55 + n = 9 - 12" (5)
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🏆 0 hints – 4 under the community par (76,263 solvers so far).
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ha! cc @williamryanpubs.bsky.social
It could indeed be ALES! But it was supposed to be SALE.
