I’m hardly qualified for the job, but it had to be done: I created a Spanish-language cryptic crossword in the style of the English-language cryptics the Anglophone world knows and loves.

I hadn’t been able to find a Spanish cryptic on the internet. Now when I search for one, I find the one I created. Hopefully some time soon, I’ll find plenty more Spanish cryptics which aren’t my own. No doubt a native speaker of Spanish will do a better job of creating them.

Not content with just creating a smaller version of a customary cryptic crossword, I decided to go ahead and create a full 15 x 15 cryptic.

Sure, there are perhaps too many black squares, but it was my first attempt creating a 15 x 15 so gimme a break.

Not content with just doing cryptic crosswords, I decided today to create one during my idle time at work (the professional class really does have it hard).

And so, here it is: