Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Enigmatic Instruments of Cryptic Craft
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
- 1. Mysterious style that puzzles and teases
- 2. Placing one word inside another's frame
- 6. Signpost word hinting a word's construction
- 7. Order of words guiding cryptic sense
- 10. Basic symbol used to form wordplay
- 12. Joined together, clues combine structures
- 13. Puzzle tool that splits clues into parts
- 14. A twisted form to scramble letters anew
Down
- 3. Recurring form guiding the puzzle’s flow
- 4. Precise explanation often clues the answer
- 5. Enclosure clue hides the answer within
- 8. Small group within a bigger letter pool
- 9. Removal of letters to find the answer
- 11. Turning letters backward to solve a clue
- 15. Sounds like another in tricky disguise
- 16. Wordplay with two parts combined or paired
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