The Society of Crossed Words
Two crossed words a day
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
There is a society for people who suspect they might love cryptic crosswords, if only someone would explain the rules. This is it.
THE DAILY CROSSING
Two bite-sized cryptic clues each day, crossed at a shared letter. Solve the first and it hands a letter to the second: the small kindness the Society is named for. Not a grid, not an hour of your life: two elegant little puzzles you can solve with your tea. Gentle hints wait behind a button, and stuck is a place, not a verdict. Solve or reveal, every clue ends with its full workings: definition, indicator, wordplay, answer. Do this daily and the code cracks itself.
LEARN THE NINE TRICKS
A ten-chapter course teaches cryptic solving through play. Chapter One shows you the secret (every clue is two puzzles pointing at one answer) and hands you a real clue to solve. The rest cover anagrams, hidden words, charades, containers, reversals, homophones, double definitions, cryptic definitions and deletions. No prior knowledge expected. Nobody is talked down to.
THE PARLOUR
Solve to the Society's own chamber music: twelve original pieces, revealed one per day as you return, collected as the record Society of Crossed Words, Volume One. Streaks, a passport stamp for every solve, practice rooms for each trick, and an archive of every past puzzle.
A CIVILISED ARRANGEMENT
No adverts. No accounts. No tracking of any kind. Your progress lives on your device and nowhere else. Works offline, on the train, where all the best solving happens. Bright parlour by day, sleeper-carriage dark mode by night. At home on iPhone and iPad.
MEMBERSHIP
The daily crossing, its hints and explanations, streaks, Chapter One and the music cost nothing, for ever. Full Membership opens the rest of the library: the complete course, all nine practice rooms and the full archive.
Annual: £14.99 per year (about £1.25 a month)
Monthly: £1.99 per month
Founding Member: £29.99 once, for ever
Subscriptions are billed to your App Store account, renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and can be managed or cancelled in your account settings any time.
Privacy Policy: https://societyofcrossedwords.com/privacy.html
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Society Terms: https://societyofcrossedwords.com/terms.html
The Society grows by whisper, not broadcast. Tell only your most trusted confidante.
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Information
- Seller
- SideDoor Ltd
- Size
- 29.5 MB
- Category
- Word
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 14.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 14.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Full Membership, Monthly $1.99
- Full Membership, Annual $14.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 SideDoor Ltd