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We’re sad to announce that we’re wrapping up the Browser’s Cryptic Crossword at the end of 2025.
Since 2021, The Browser has been proud to publish a weekly cryptic crossword of extraordinary quality. Our feeling was that cryptic crosswords – whose clues look like baffling nonsense until you understand their secret language, and which are broadly considered “the real kind” of crossword in the UK – were due for more recognition in North America.
Alas, our hoped-for American Cryptic Renaissance has not quite come to pass, and while the quality of the Browser Cryptic’s readership is unparalleled, its quantity was not enough to allow us as a small independent publication to keep it going on a weekly basis. (We do plan to publish occasional special or seasonal themed cryptics going forward.)
We’d like to give an immense thanks to the many constructors who’ve brought us so many hours of joy and wonderment – in true Browser tradition, your puzzles have surprised and delighted us. In particular, we’d like to thank the incredible Dan Feyer, the Browser’s remarkable crossword editor. Dan won his ninth (!) American Crossword Puzzle Tournament crown during his stint as the Browser’s cryptic editor, and is also somehow the nicest person you could ever meet.
What happens next? If you’re an existing Browser subscriber who joined for our crossword, we very much hope you’ll stay with us for our five daily article selections and the magical Browser community, but if you’re no longer enthused without the crossword please send an email to uri@thebrowser.com and we’ll get you sorted out.
In better news, The Browser’s Cryptic Crossword books will still be available to buy on Amazon, and make an excellent gift for any crossword lover in your life; all of our existing crosswords will still be available at our Crossword Archive; and we haven’t heard the last from Dan at the Browser – we’ll have news of additional crossword opportunities in the coming weeks.
Best,
Uri Bram
Publisher of The Browser.