Cryptic

Cryptic may refer to:

In science:
 * Cryptic species complex, a group of species that are very difficult to distinguish from one another
 * Crypsis, the ability of animals to blend in to avoid observation
 * Cryptic era, earliest period of the Earth

In music:
 * Cryptic (album), by Edge of Sanity
 * Cryptic, a Minnesota-based music group formed by Brownmark

In games and entertainment:
 * Cryptic crossword, a type of word puzzle, known colloquially as Cryptics
 * Cryptic Studios, video game developer
 * Cryptics, characters from the role playing game, Demon: The Fallen