Cryptic Crossword Tools
Free tools and resources to help you master cryptic crosswords. Whether you're a beginner learning the basics or an experienced solver looking to sharpen your skills, our tools are designed to help you decode even the trickiest clues.
Daily Cryptic
Practice with our daily selection of cryptic clues. Perfect for building your solving skills one clue at a time.
Indicator Word Lookup
Search our database of indicator words to identify what type of wordplay a cryptic clue is using.
Anagram Solver
Coming soon — Find all possible anagrams for a given set of letters.
Why Use Cryptic Crossword Tools?
Cryptic crosswords can seem intimidating at first, but they follow consistent patterns. Once you learn to recognise indicator words and understand the different types of wordplay, solving becomes much more approachable.
Our tools help you build this recognition quickly. The Indicator Word Lookup lets you search for any word you suspect might be signalling a specific type of clue — whether it's an anagram, hidden word, reversal, or something else entirely.
Combined with daily practice through our Daily Cryptic puzzles, you'll develop the pattern recognition skills that make cryptic crosswords genuinely enjoyable to solve.