A crossword exploring the clever twists and linguistic tricks behind cryptic riddles and wordplay.
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Enigmatic Layers of Wordplay
A challenging crossword exploring cryptic riddles, wordplay techniques, and puzzle-solving skills.
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Across
- 1. A unit of pronunciation in a word
- 2. A riddle made of parts combined to form a word
- 3. Words formed by initial letters of lines
- 5. Changing letters systematically, like Caesar cipher
- 7. Puzzling, often used to describe obscure clues
- 8. Joining two word parts or ideas
- 10. A word formed by rearranging letters
- 12. Clue hinting the wordplay method
- 13. A confusing and difficult riddle or problem
- 15. Reads the same forwards and backwards
- 16. Words that sound alike but differ in meaning
Down
- 4. A phrase with two interpretations
- 6. Uncertainty in meaning
- 9. Word used in clues to signal something special
- 11. A clue that states the meaning of the answer
- 14. Wordplay technique placing one set of letters inside another
- 17. Wordplay removing letters from a word
- 18. A figurative expression implying comparison
- 19. A word with the same meaning as another
- 20. Puzzle using pictures to represent words or parts
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