Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Enigmatic Exchanges: Arcane Secret Santa Lexicon
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Puzzling challenge—deciphering who gave what in the secret swaps
- 2. To deliberately make unclear the identity or purpose of a present
- 3. Deliberately unnoticeable; wrapping style to avoid detection
- 4. Use of abstract tokens or thematic gifts to convey hidden meanings
- 7. Relating to wordplay that rearranges letters, akin to code names
- 8. Bubbly or lively disposition, often displayed during reveal moments
- 9. To hide true feelings or intentions in the context of gift guessing
- 13. Act of obtaining gifts through indirect means for clandestine exchange
- 14. Veiling manner essential to maintaining the surprise element
- 16. Selfless motivation underlying the clandestine gift exchanges
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- 5. Process of perplexing receiver to preserve the gift’s secret origins
- 6. Systematic naming, here referring to the coded alias list of participants
- 10. Lavish in excess, often an ironic descriptor for frugally wrapped presents
- 11. Alias used by participants to cloak their true identities
- 12. Mutual exchange expectation foundational to gifting traditions
- 15. Hidden or subtle messaging embedded in gift choices
- 17. Incognito gifting principle, concealing the gift-bearer’s identity
- 18. Deceptive tactic employed to conceal one’s gifting role
- 19. Imitative or mimicking characteristic often found in thematic presents
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