A challenging crossword highlighting key concepts and techniques in cryptic puzzle mechanics.
Decoding Enigmatic Cryptic Clues
Explore the intricate mechanics behind cryptic puzzles with this challenging crossword featuring essential terms and concepts related to solving cryptic clues.
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Across
- 1. Repetition of consonant sounds
- 2. Relating to the sound segments of words
- 3. One who crafts cryptic crosswords
- 4. Part of the clue that gives the direct meaning
- 6. Word that reads the same forwards and backwards
- 7. Wordplay that misleads the solver
- 8. Word hinting at a warning or alert in clues
- 10. Replacing letters during clue solving
- 16. Placing one word inside another
- 17. Signal word hinting at a cryptic operation
- 20. Letter rearrangement to form a new word
Down
- 5. Clue giving two synonyms or definitions
- 9. Puzzle where certain letters form a word
- 11. Manipulation of letters to form solutions
- 12. Instruction to read letters backward
- 13. Process of encoding information
- 14. Clue type where one word is placed inside another
- 15. Clue formed from first letters only
- 18. A word pronounced like another but spelled differently
- 19. Clue type where word parts combine sequentially
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