A modified version of the attached proton test (APT) sequence for 13C spectral editing, which we call CRisis‐APT (CRAPT), is developed and tested on representative organic compounds. CRAPT incorporates 13C compensation for refocusing inefficiency with synchronized inversion sweeps (CRISIS) pulses in combination with 1H broadband inversion pulses to give improved compensation for variations in 1JCH along with improved refocusing efficiency. It is shown that CRAPT gives edited 13C spectra with only small losses in sensitivity (between 8% and 15% for strychnine, 1, menthol, 2, cholecalciferol, 3, and isotachysterol, 4), compared with basic 13C spectra obtained on the same compounds. CRAPT also gives significantly better signal/noise than DEPTQ for nonprotonated carbons. Therefore, we conclude that CRAPT is an improvement over APT or DEPTQ or a combination of DEPT135 with a full 13C spectrum for routine 13C spectral editing of organic compounds. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.