Cryptic Crossword
| Min number of participants | 1 |
| Age | 8+ yrs. |
| Safety support by adult | Not required |
| Min duration | 15 min. |
| Cost | Low |
| Environment | Indoor / Outdoor |
A crossword variant, especially popular in the UK, where each clue is itself a compact wordplay puzzle — an anagram, a hidden word, a double meaning — rather than a plain definition of the answer.