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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 17h

Coffee break cryptic ☕️ Toblerone's shape starts to prove reduction isn't simply marketing! (5) Set by Rook Just enough puzzle to wake the brain up. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:HEMnToCjCRz2k… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today's Coffee Cryptic ☕️ Central idea from article by setter (5) Set by Rook A small one for your coffee break. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:iA-9INY9kPtlK… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today's clue is ready ☕️ Bear goes after large item from the bakery (4) Set by Rook A small one for your coffee break. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:MrjJDqVX80caX… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Weekend puzzle time ☕️ Experience drug in public house (4) Set by Rook Can you solve it? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:BF1DoL-GKKY1U… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Relax over our weekend clue ☕️ Steed entertains a husky! (6) Set by Rook First correct answer gets weekend bragging rights. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:imQXBlYANWGnG… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today's Coffee Cryptic ☕️ Bus turns back — means to get underground (6) Set by Rook Solved before the coffee cools? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:ti9skeYqbAWW3… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today's clue is ready ☕️ Drug extract leads to startling event and heavenly blackout (7) Set by Rook Solved before the coffee cools? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:xbEsT3RwcpiCY… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Coffee break cryptic ☕️ Took the edge off a weekend spoiled (8) Set by Rook Solved before the coffee cools? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:sFVkngm-kzsD0… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Your daily coffee cryptic ☕️ Feel naked around drunk noble (5) Set by Rook Can you solve it? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:i_nS9zV4nYFHS… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today's Coffee Cryptic ☕️ Misplaced cool after prince regularly exposes tiny instrument (7) Set by Rook Can you solve it? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:fbp25vUcUPLaS… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Brain fuel for the weekend ☕️ Appreciation from improved tart guide (9) First correct answer gets weekend bragging rights. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:vb45aYj_0UEbS… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Relax over our weekend clue ☕️ Hound leaders of government — official delegates to return (3) Best solved slowly. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:Yn4d-mhy0_uIj… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today's Coffee Cryptic ☕️ Tough two-year-old sheep holds nits back (7) Can you solve it? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:siaQ9cGS9hUvu… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today's clue is ready ☕️ Some cheap products for software (3) Can you solve it? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:xkWP5uuiJXQf1… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Coffee break cryptic ☕️ What pygmy regularly returns as legend? (4) First correct answer gets bragging rights. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:gvtD5Q4NpmXeg… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Your daily coffee cryptic ☕️ Tiny nation's absurdly small handrails lead to slips (8,7) First correct answer gets bragging rights. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:lypGJHPhV3_To… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today's Coffee Cryptic ☕️ Flower inside with a message (6) Set by Rook A small one for your coffee break. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:WFuuWnIOwPMU9… #cryptic #crossword

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Chris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

With a huge thanks to @cottrela.bsky.social @guineverecryptic.bsky.social and @wyrd.systems, my time pushing a cryptic clue public. I make no claim for this to be the hardest out there, but I hope you enjoy it coffeecryptics.com/s/:1Mz9nPvSz...

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Brain fuel for the weekend ☕️ I can reveal Asian nation (5) Set by Rook One for a lazy coffee. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:U3hZnvt6V6DBu… #cryptic #crossword

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Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"❤️ I love you" texted in an enthusiastic way (8) Emoji clues can be cute: this texting surface sure pulls it off, even if the answer feels more than a little shared root-y. Coffee Cryptics • Daily clue C6AN • Jun 29, 2026 ⏱ 14s • 1st try • No hints Difficulty: 0.9 (Light Roast)

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Aaron Riccio @illogicaljoker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This is just a really feel good cryptic clue from "ValG" over at Coffee Cryptics. This seems like something that would just naturally happen at a school dance, and while it's not terribly tricky, it demonstrates one of my favorite kinds of surface antics.

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Photo by Wesley Tingey on Unsplash School dance starts to play Taylor Swift (6) valg, coffee cryptics 6/21/26 This is a killer surface, and when I’m presented with such, I immediately think a…

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Weekend puzzle time ☕️ Extremes of treaty precede rhetoric for despot (6) Wake late and solve slowly. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:13b15w8gOaJqO… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Your daily coffee cryptic ☕️ Dynamic poster with time for tea party (7) Set by Crypt76 Just enough puzzle to wake the brain up. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:GTAaxUvl9I9tq… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today's Coffee Cryptic ☕️ Small fry — briefly mine, at present (6) Just enough puzzle to wake the brain up. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:4UFdi1e580Rva… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Coffee break cryptic ☕️ Sailor that can lift a car? (4) A small one for your coffee break. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:JbbfPAlNprQ0v… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Your daily coffee cryptic ☕️ Portsmouth's premier furious raider? (6) Just enough puzzle to wake the brain up. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:s1DoUXVmFdz1L… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Today's Coffee Cryptic ☕️ Bow or duck entering bar (5) Just enough puzzle to wake the brain up. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:MEZiXpR37TM0c… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Brain fuel for the weekend ☕️ Playful exchange seen in urban terrace! (6) Best solved slowly. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:qGf7UzwXwNSU8… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Weekend puzzle time ☕️ Refresh tryst after awake (6) Bonus points if you solve this in your PJs. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:y_l16OBPqJc9s… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Your daily coffee cryptic ☕️ Troublemaker Merlin carelessly follows gang's leader (7) Solved before the coffee cools? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:jbnFsNVib5JZs… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today's Coffee Cryptic ☕️ Web developer returns communist IPs (6) Can you solve it? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:XNOTb1j7G38-w… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Today's clue is ready ☕️ Trajectory from boundless numbness (4) Can you solve it? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:Au1IAs1TxRBC6… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Coffee break cryptic ☕️ Indonesian coffee joints, say? (8) Set by ventimony Can you solve it? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:TNv-gEQhTnmxO… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today's Coffee Cryptic ☕️ What absorbs stink within limits of space? (6) Set by Rook First correct answer gets bragging rights. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:qhJSRm1x4nuvf… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Brain fuel for the weekend ☕️ Trumped-up shit or a cult! (5,6) One for a lazy coffee. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:ZcQGz9KsGIhyq… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Relax over our weekend clue ☕️ Great singer – no paltry old fake (5,6) Set by Karol First correct answer gets weekend bragging rights. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:BHsXFrw6EUsgz… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today's Coffee Cryptic ☕️ Sort of bleak in December (4) First correct answer gets bragging rights. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:tG4nm8Nt4zPoH… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Today's clue is ready ☕️ Kinky cosplay genre (7) First correct answer gets bragging rights. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:RxK_3Jm-tquXS… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Coffee break cryptic ☕️ Inventor of screw for water craft made riches (10) A small one for your coffee break. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:8L5mbYofW3X-H… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Your daily coffee cryptic ☕️ Group of artists! (4,7) A small one for your coffee break. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:iL0O9_du6IIkB… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today's Coffee Cryptic ☕️ Country that's boring? Somalia! (4) Just enough puzzle to wake the brain up. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:yTgtVfkP8Mdxq… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Brain fuel for the weekend ☕️ Nomad endlessly wandering nation (4) Best solved slowly. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:86QRCY2eGRVQx… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Weekend puzzle time ☕️ Ghost hunter captures leader of apparitions (7) Set by OogieDon Can you solve it? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:FuUQcSSlLGN7Z… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hope you've all had a good summer! We've had a big drop-off in clue submissions recently, and only have a handful of clues left in our pipeline - not enough to get September started. Coffee Cryptics relies on community clues, so if you've got any ideas, now's the time to send it in!

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Your daily coffee cryptic ☕️ Planned closure of lane sign — road works (9) Solved before the coffee cools? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:g70LMJ5nzApyi… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Today's Coffee Cryptic ☕️ Tired of word plays … extremely stretchy (6) Set by N. Solved before the coffee cools? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:mjTO6ffZb7-89… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Coffee break cryptic ☕️ What might make a slick line on Love Island? (3) Just enough puzzle to wake the brain up. Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:NB_64doFVQAB9… #cryptic #crossword

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Adam Cottrell @cottrela.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Your daily coffee cryptic ☕️ Author's prose oddly turgid to start with (4) Solved before the coffee cools? Play at coffeecryptics.com/s/:uEongLakHHZcI… #cryptic #crossword

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