Wordle Is Too Easy, but Now I’m Obsessed With These Daily Cryptic Puzzles

I find it satisfying to do a word puzzle (or three) each day. Wordle is great, but it’s not really exciting anymore. Crosswords are fun if you have the time (I love an NYT Thursday puzzle) but I don’t always bother. My sweet spot, lately, are games like Minute Cryptic and Parseword—which are entry points into the incredibly bizarre world of British “cryptic” crossword clues. 

What is a cryptic puzzle?

Cryptics are a type of word puzzle unlike anything else. There exist whole crosswords full of them...