#cryptic crosswords

[angrymantheater]

inside no 9 episodes shittily described by cryptic crossword clues

all of the clues are from the guardian's quick cryptic (one of the only ones easy enough for me)

[wintersoulwitch]

Yeah i liked this one

[michaelrotonal]

Cryptic I've concocted: Fifty-two in shuffled deck (6)

[volumina-vetustiora]

Latin Cryptic Clue 1

I've come up with some Latin cryptic crossword clues, and I've decided to post them

today's clue is

nemo respicit portentum. (4)

_ _ _ _

answer:

o m e n

the definition is portentum, and respicit means someone is "looking back" at nemo — if we read it backwards we get omen, which is a synonym of portentum

[sololangs]

I AM GETTING INTO CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS!!!! I LOVE LANGUAGE!!

My sister and I spent the entire afternoon writing our own clues and solving each other’s. I thought it would be fun to share them here:

My sister’s (They are better because she is an english major):

1. lie around wingless swallows (6)

2. love in intercosmic short sea (4)

3. base for each stanza (8)

and here are mine:

1. stranger ’fore drunken dominance (9)

2. crossworder: no consumers in theaters, kiddo! (5)

each of hers took me about 15 minutes to solve because i am a beginner

here is also a guide to what a cryptic crossword is and how to solve them (i might make an illustrated guide in the future for funsies):

[livvylouuwho]

my new niche is the minute cryptic im an addict now ive gone down so many cryptic crossword wormholes

[sakametro]

I kinda wanna get into cryptic crosswords but oh my god they're so insane and the vocab required is honestly quite silly

[lurking-latinist]

The Guardian is now running Quick Cryptic Crosswords, aimed specifically at people who don't have experience with cryptics. I have been explained how to do cryptics but never actually learned, so I'm having an amazing time with these. If you think you are the sort of person who would enjoy cryptics but don't know where to start... this might be where