Cryptic Crosswords, unlike other crosswords, have specific structures to their clues. You can't read the clue as its written, you have to 'de-crypt' the clue t

Cryptic Crosswords, unlike other crosswords, have specific structures to their clues. You can't read the clue as its written, you have to 'de-crypt' the clue to understand what it is saying. My wife bought a short book (probably from Amazon) that explains how these clues work, and that information makes all the difference in how to proceed. Before I understood this point, these were very frustrating to me.