Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Cryptic Relics of Vintage Puzzle Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Study of obscure riddles that once adorned printed pages
- 2. Grid where strings hide within jumbled letters
- 3. Alphametic puzzle where letters stand for numerals
- 9. Verse or puzzle where initial letters spell secret words
- 11. Rearrangement of letters revealing hidden meanings
- 13. Type of clue demanding both wordplay and definition
- 14. Word-pair puzzle altering single letters for meaning shifts
Down
- 4. Number placement puzzle surged late, though retro in roots
- 5. Visual conundrum combining images to reveal cryptic phrases
- 6. Four-dimensional puzzle reference hinting at puzzle complexity
- 7. Mysterious puzzle evocative of wartime cipher machines
- 8. Maze form often featured in vintage puzzle explorations
- 10. Cross-sum puzzle demanding numeric logic in grids
- 12. Outlined sketch often used to frame logic conundrums
- 15. Dissected squares creating artistic shapes or puzzling forms
- 16. Sentence displaying every letter of an alphabet once
- 17. Puzzle solver skilled in esoteric cipher interpretations
- 18. Classic hangman’s scaffold, also a guessing game feature
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