Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Arcane Techniques of Cryptic Constructors
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. One who reassembles letters to misstate (10)
- 2. Counter of letters in a phrase, providing length (10)
- 3. Sound-alike wordplay heard, not read (9)
- 5. Study of meaning in clues weaving deep layers (9)
Down
- 4. Clue style with two meanings—twice as cryptic? (16)
- 6. Removal of endings to trim word fodder cryptically (10)
- 7. Clue's guide to anagram’s detection mechanism (9)
- 8. Hidden initials cryptically spelled out vertically (8)
- 9. Pictorial puzzle element confusing solver’s focus (5)
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