Challenge yourself with the globe and mails free daily cryptic crossword and other puzzles play online or print at home. The first all cryptic crossword in english was created in 1926 by poet and translator edward powys mathers who called himself torquemada after the spanish grand inquisitor his clues were fairly obscure and difficult to solve after him came ximenes derrick macnutt who devised some guidelines for setting fairclues. Cryptic crossword puzzles volume one 5 price 11 88 can am cryptics volume 4 designed to bring the fun of cryptic crosswords to more canadians and americans see product details customers also bought best sellers see more 1 price 12 99 the times cryptic crossword book 22 100 world famous crossword puzzles . A collection of cryptic crossword puzzles with solutions cryptic 01 cryptic 02