A crossword featuring 17 essential slang terms used in cryptic crossword solving to enhance your puzzle vocabulary.
Cryptic Clues and Jargon Unveiled is a easy crossword puzzle with 15 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Cryptic Clues and Jargon Unveiled
Explore the intriguing slang and terminology used in cryptic crosswords with this engaging puzzle.
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- 1. Word hidden inside another word
- 2. Switching initial sounds of words in clue
- 3. Char removal from word to form answer
- 4. Word formed by rearranging letters
- 6. Clue where whole clue is both definition and wordplay
- 11. Word containing another word
- 15. Puzzle element using pictures or symbols
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- 5. Clue type giving two synonyms
- 7. Word or phrase reading the same forwards and backwards
- 8. Word that signals an anagram or other device
- 9. Important for parsing cryptic clue syntax
- 10. A word sounding like another
- 12. Definition that is the straight meaning of a clue
- 13. Clue formed by putting parts together
- 14. Pun or indirect definition often used in cryptics
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