Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Enigmatic Lexicon of Cryptic Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Cryptic clue technique giving two definitions in one phrase
- 2. Grammatical disruption often crafted as a riddle’s device
- 3. Word formed by concatenating clues piecewise, like act revealed
- 5. Signal word guiding solver to word operation in clue
- 7. Describing something baffling or mysterious, like hard puzzles
- 9. Word changing by one letter to form a new, related word
- 13. Visual puzzle where pictures stand for syllables or words
Down
- 4. Obscure or puzzling; type of clue demanding lateral parsing
- 6. Puzzle type involving rotations or cyclical substitutions
- 8. Word or phrase reading same reversed; symmetric cryptic twist
- 10. Clue relying on sound-alike words though spelled differently
- 11. Instruction to remove letters, frequently seen in wordplay
- 12. Rearranged letters forming new meaning, often a cryptic staple
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