1. Mackem's Crosswords Cryptic crosswords by amateur UK crossword compiler
  2. Crossword Puzzles Crosswords by Ray Hamel and an enormous list of links
  3. Free Crosswords Online! Crosswords by Alberich
  4. Guardian Unlimited Crosswords Used to be free - now it costs money
  5. Independent Daily Crossword Easy crosswords are free - cryptics cost money
  6. The Times The world's most famous crosswords. Again it costs money, but they've got one free cryptic.
  7. Crosswords by Azed Notorious crosswords with clues you can't understand and words you've never heard of
  8. Daily Mirror Fairly nice cryptic - not too difficult
  9. Free crossword solver Allows you to type in patterns
  10. CrosswordCheats.Com Same as above, a bit flashier
  11. Cruciverb.com Mailing list for professional crossword compilers
  12. TEA - The Electronic Alveary Shareware
  13. WordWeb Shareware
  14. One Across Crossword Solving software
  15. AllWords Crossword solving Software
  16. Logophilia Crossword solving software
  17. Private Eye Fortnightly puzzles, clues require knowledge of UK culture
  18. EJ's Crossword Showcase More puzzles by author of Private Eye crossword
  19. Animal & Insect Names - Group, Male, Female & Baby/Young Animal, Bird, Fish & Insect Names
  20. Biographical Dictionary (the ...) - covers over 28,000 people
  21. Crossword Clues & Answers - includes lists of Latin & Poetic words and International Radio Codes
  22. Famous People - encompasses: Actors, Actresses, Authors, Composers, Painters & Singers
  23. Free Online Reference Links - to Dictionaries, Glossaries, Thesauruses Encyclopaedias
  24. Heads of State & Government - of all countries and territories
  25. Information Please On-Line Dictionary, Internet Encyclopaedia, Atlas, & Almanac Reference
  26. Mythology - encompasses: Egyptian, Greek, Norse & Roman mythologies
  27. OneLook Dictionary (search 854 dictionaries, almost 5 million words)
  28. Researchville Encyclopaedic Search (search 6 encyclopaedias at once)
  29. Thesaurus.com
  30. Thesaurus - Roget's II, the new Thesaurus, 3rd Ed - 1995
  31. World Currencies - Countries, Currency/Symbol, Abbreviations & Sub-divisions
  32. World Volcanoes - Continents/Countries, Volcano Names, etc
  33. World Cities/Towns, length 3-6 letters Continents/Countries, City Names, Capitals, Ports etc
  34. World Cities/Towns, length 7-8 letters Continents/Countries, City Names, Capitals, Ports etc
  35. World Cities/Towns, length 9-13 letters Continents/Countries, City Names, Capitals, Ports etc
  36. World Rivers - Continents/Countries, River Names, City/Cities & Longest Rivers
  37. Apex is the 87 year old master of the witty clue and the challenging cryptic crossword puzzle. Learn about his annual competitions and tackle his puzzles
  38. The Atlantic Puzzler The only way to get there is to scroll down this page and click on "The Puzzler"
  39. Clue-Solving for Beginners The Atlantic presents How to Solve Cryptics from Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  40. The Crossword Centre The best UK site for tough cryptic crosswords. Monthly competitions, message board, mailing list and free software. The Crossword Utility is a neat piece of software for designing crossword grids and it is free.
  41. David Tossman's crossword page Some samples from the cryptic puzzles in the New Zealand Listener
  42. dowedo New crossword software including an Crosswords, Online Crossword Compiler, Find and Fit and Thesaurus
  43. Enigmatist Crosswords and quizzes for the enthusiast. Cryptic crosswords from popular UK setters including Enigmatist, Araucaria, Bunthorne, Smithers, Paul, John and many more. There is also a monthly 'Challenge' subscription quiz & Pub Quizzes.
  44. The Globe and Mail Newspaper Daily cryptic puzzle Mon-Sat.
  45. Squizz's Cryptic Crosswords A collection of cryptic crosswords in Across Lite format.
  46. xwords.co.uk free crosswords online - very nice tool to build your own crosswords.
  47. Will DaBeed's Cryptic Crossword Challenge in html format for you to print out and enjoy solving. A new cryptic challenge monthly, promises Dave Fisher.
  48. Ximenes Crosswords , the great founder of the cryptic puzzle, is given a fitting and wonderful tribute in this website from Derek Harrison
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