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About Custom Cryptic Crosswords

Custom Cryptics started in 2006 to create a new level of cryptic crossword puzzle enjoyment, the Custom Cryptic Crossword. Imagine the pleasure for crossword enthusiasts in solving a crossword puzzle with clues and answers relating to their own knowledge, experiences, relationships and preferences. A puzzle made from scratch just for them.

Custom Cryptics helps you make the best cryptic crossword puzzles:

1. You create all the answers with related comments,
2. Custom Cryptics prepares the crossword layout, typically analyzing hundreds of layouts to optimize the interweaving of the answers on the right words and in the right places and minimize “black space”, and
3. Custom Cryptics creates original clues for you - such as anagrams, riddles, hidden words, and double meanings - including references to your comments.

With Custom Cryptic Crosswords, there are now three levels of puzzle fun:

1. Regular cryptic crosswords with unrelated answers, often including obscure or obsolete references and inevitably recycled clues and answers,
2. Theme cryptic crosswords with answers relating to a theme - familiarize yourself with our work on a theme crossword and download this Free Theme Cryptic Crossword, and
3. Custom Cryptic Crosswords with the answers and the clues customized and personalized for the puzzle solver – the ultimate crossword experience!