Recent ground-breaking and exciting studies have shown that cryptic crosswords are among the most effective ways to boost the power and agility of your brain.
Why? The answer lies in the art of teasing out a clue, a discipline that calls for logic, interpretation, intuition, and deduction as well as the ability to filter nuance and connotation.
All these challenges and more are found in the cryptic crossword.
And all are invaluable in increasing your brainpower and improving your memory and cogn.
Allen & Unwin Rewording the brain: how cryptic crosswords can improve your memory and boost the power and agility of your brain/david astle
