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Cryptic Vernaculars and Obscure Idioms
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Wordplay hinting at dexterity or trickery, often in idiomatic expressions
  • 3. Specialized vocabulary often misunderstood outside its field
  • 4. Basque slang for a popular wine and cola cocktail
  • 6. Allusion to a place name used as slang for a desolate or barren area
  • 7. Idiomatically used term relating to transitional or threshold states
  • 11. Tokyo district famous for youth slang and eclectic fashion lingo
  • 13. Nomadic wanderer, a figure common in both slang and idiomatic usage
  • 15. Stone landmark from Arctic slang symbolizing guidance or direction
  • 16. Military acronym turned slang indicating a chaotic situation (Situation Normal: All F***ed Up)
  • 18. Socially forbidden concept, central to many global idiomatic expressions
Down
  • 2. Custom-made, originally a term for salesman touting tailored goods, slang for tailored plans
  • 5. A telling fancy or habitual inclination, often in nuanced slang contexts
  • 8. Idiomatic phrase for a complex and confusing procedure or story
  • 9. Spanish dance turned idiom for a useless or foolish act
  • 10. Philosophy whose term is used metaphorically in slang for 'go with the flow'
  • 12. To coerce someone into a seafaring life, historically with trickery
  • 14. Metaphor for a complicated or precarious situation
  • 17. Old-fashioned slang for initiative or resourcefulness
  • 19. Ethnic slang sometimes used to stereotype, relating to Central Asia

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