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Enigmatic Exchanges: Arcane Secret Santa Lexicon
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 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
Down
  • 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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