Olivia De Havilland

I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.

American Actress

Peter Molyneux

I remembered a long time ago, Kit Williams hid a golden hare somewhere in Britain and wrote a book which was layered with clues about where the it was. This really fired my imagination, I read the book and it was way too cryptic for me to understand, but it seemed to fascinated people - it even got on the news.

English Designer

Andy Muschietti

Everything that relates to Pennywise and Bob Gray is very cryptic, and it's like that for a reason. Probably the success of that character as a monster, as a villain is because of that crypticness and uncertainty that people have towards him.

Argentinian Director

Lin Shaye

I've had a couple of odd experiences - unexplainable anxiety that came my way through a belief in something... I mean, it sounds cryptic, but... anything for me that turns myself against myself, I stay away from.

Seth Shostak

The planets and moons of our solar system are blatantly visible because they reflect sunlight. Without the nearby Sun, these planets would be cryptic and dark on the sky.

American Scientist

Dinaw Mengestu

The Duino Elegies' are notoriously cryptic, and part of the reason why I have always loved them is because they invite multiple readings over the course of a lifetime.

Ethiopian Novelist

Chet Faker

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.

Australian Musician

Anthony Fantano

Cryptic messages and abstract statements are littered throughout the music of Happy Birthday, but it hasn't made the band's sun-baked pop-rock any less infectious.

American Celebrity

Frank Black

My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn't how people are going to receive them, because they don't know the code.

American Musician

Jamie Hince

Privacy has become the most precious thing. Things have got more cryptic in my writing.

English Musician

Remember, 'cryptic' often implies that the meaning is intentionally obscured.

Hidden Meanings

'Cryptic' suggests that you need to think deeper to understand the real message.

Not Obvious

When something is described as 'cryptic', it creates a sense of mystery or intrigue.

Suggests Mystery

Cryptic crosswords involve wordplay where one clue leads to another.

Wordplay Involved

Solving cryptic puzzles demands creative thinking rather than straightforward logic.

Requires Creativity

In biology, 'cryptic' typically means the organism blends in with its environment.

Hard to Identify

'Cryptic' species often use camouflage or other means to stay undetected.

Concealment tactic

In scientific contexts, 'cryptic' is a specialized term and may not relate to confusion.

Specialized Term

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 mysterious events surrounding twelve-year-old cruise Coronado's first months at school finally at see the young explorers get to immerse themselves in real expeditions cool classes and amazing technology and with the help of his friends crews secretly works to uncover a cryptic message his mother left behind

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 How do you try to get a handle on extraterrestrial life? How do you plan to look for it? How do you know it when you find it? Because if it's big and obvious, we would've already found it -- it would've already bitten us on the foot, and it hasn't. So, we know that it's probably quite cryptic.

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 something that you would never ever spot unless you are really really looking for it it's called a blue ringed octopus now they are much much smaller than you would imagine even a fully grown adult blue ringed octopus is smaller than a ping pong ball and they have remarkable cryptic that is

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 And this one's particularly well-suited to the dive configuration, so when you're deeper under the water. So we knew that we had some really solid science here. We knew, if you wanted to stand out, you needed to look stripy, and we knew if you wanted to be cryptic,

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 It was Narcissus, the stunningly beautiful son of a river god and water nymph. After his birth, a seer had given his mother a cryptic Narcissus would live a long life— but only if he never really knew himself. No one was sure exactly what to make of this.

The myth of Narcissus...

 infiltrate the sixth floor from the top, find the hidden panel, pull some conspicuous levers, and send the death ray crashing into the ocean. Now, time to solve the mystery of why your surveillance team always gives you cryptic information. Hi everybody.

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 If you were to ask a troll supporter who she'll vote for, there’s a good chance that she’ll claim to support the treeman, skewing your results. You’re about to begin your rounds when a stranger offers you some cryptic

 Such cryptic dialogue and circular reasoning are key features of the Theatre of the Absurd, a movement which emerged after the Second World War and found artists struggling to find meaning in devastation.

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 the shaman knew they were juri, or air goblins, who could fly and control the winds. They taught him how to weave. Before the shaman left, the goblin chief whispered some cryptic instructions in his ear.