About
Cryptic Decoder is a free cryptic crossword solver for parsing clues: wordplay strategies, known letters, and short explanations. No accounts.
The solver tries several devices (hidden words, anagrams, containers, and the rest) and ranks candidates. It is a practice aid, not a guarantee that a newspaper clue will crack the same way a setter intended.
Learn uses original worked examples written for this site. Open the working when you want the steps, or send the clue into the solver to see what the engine makes of it.