Minute Cryptic

248 reviews
Content rating
Rated for 3+
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Content rating
Rated for 3+
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About this game

A daily cryptic clue you can actually solve. Learn cryptic crosswords one clue at a time - fun, fast, and free.

Minute Cryptic began as a social media project with one clue a day and a short video explaining it. When our community asked for a game, we built one.

Now, with the Minute Cryptic app, you get one handcrafted clue each day, drawn from community feedback, playtested with solvers, and paired with a bite-sized video explanation.

You can adjust the difficulty with hints or letter reveals, and track your stats as you build confidence and skill.

Minute Cryptic is designed to make cryptic crosswords more accessible, playful and fun - one clue at a time.

What you get:

- A new cryptic clue every day
- Friendly hint system to guide you through
- Video walkthroughs that actually explain the clue
- A “How to Solve” guide built for beginners
- Stats and streak tracking to follow your progress
- A welcoming community of solvers on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube and beyond

Upgrade to membership to unlock:
- The full archive of past daily clues
- Mini cryptic crosswords for a longer challenge
- Create-a-Cryptic mode, where you can write and share your own clues
Solve a daily cryptic clue - fun, fast, and surprisingly accessible!
Updated on
Aug 17, 2026
Available on
Android, Windows

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
    Learn more about how developers declare sharing
  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, App activity and 2 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

239 reviews
Mand
September 6, 2026
AND please improve the keyboard; very uncomfortable. ... good bite-size brain exercise to wake up with, and very good to find affordable cryptic practice. But poor design of the UI is enough distraction to detract from concentrating - UPDATE: worse than before: impossible to delete one letter at a time by dragging, the red area swallows all or none. Usability + dark mode would make this well worth an (optional!) payment. (But not ads!!) / PREVIOUSLY: worth 4 stars, but 5 if it had dark mode.
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Tiny Potato
July 24, 2026
I absolutely love this app and you deserve 5 stars. However... you can only access all the puzzles with a membership, which is not offered in any way? Like, why make it impossible to find how to get a membership? It should that when you click for members - that you learn how to become a member. Secondly, there is a button "contact us" in the down right corner, that doesnt work. I think your community would love to give feedback and be able to contact you. (instead of here)
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Max B
May 17, 2026
It's good but the membership is insane. £70/year is 3x what I pay for an app that publishes daily Japanese stories with per word translation and nuance notes while this is largely crowd sourced puzzles. I don't mind a one-off £7/mo taster but the yearly rate should not be as much as I pay for Crunchyroll!! You can buy entire good-quality games on Steam for less than what they want per month. It's difficult to understand the justification for it, similar services are £2/mo.
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What’s new

Adding support for the new "Add to story" feature in the daily clue results