A challenging crossword highlighting key concepts and techniques in cryptic puzzle mechanics.
Enigmatic Cryptic Clue Tactics
A crossword exploring key terms and concepts involved in solving and constructing cryptic puzzles.
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Across
- 1. Clue notation indicating letter count
- 2. Letter rearrangement often used to disguise a solution
- 3. Type of puzzle requiring lateral thinking
- 4. Use of symbolic references rather than literal meanings
- 6. Type of definition in a clue where two parts equal the answer
- 7. Word or phrase that reads the same forwards and backwards
- 9. A common instruction to read letters backward
- 10. Sound-alike wordplay in puzzle clues
- 12. Putting one word or letters inside another
- 16. Hidden message formed by initial letters
- 18. Clue style combining parts to build one word
Down
- 5. A hint within a clue directing attention to parts
- 8. Relating to clue parts that use letter rearrangement
- 11. Part of a clue that directly defines the answer
- 13. Word suggesting wordplay manipulation
- 14. Wordplay involving dropping letters or parts
- 15. A physical puzzle box with hidden mechanism
- 17. Type of clue where one word is put inside another
- 19. To conceal the answer within the clue text
- 20. Selection of letters from a word clue
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