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Enigmatic Tools in Cryptic Puzzles
A crossword exploring key devices and techniques commonly used in cryptic puzzles, enhancing your understanding of cryptic clue mechanics.
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Across
  • 1. Replacing letters or parts systematically
  • 2. Word spelled the same forwards and backwards
  • 6. Type of puzzle using coded clues
  • 8. Word that signals a wordplay device
  • 11. Hint in a crossword puzzle
  • 13. Removing letters from a word
  • 15. Puzzle device that duplicates elements
  • 17. Rearrangement of letters to form a word
Down
  • 3. Clue with two valid meanings
  • 4. Combining two wordplay methods
  • 5. Word formed from initials
  • 7. Part of clue giving the meaning of the answer
  • 9. Word meaning the same as another
  • 10. Hidden word inside the clue
  • 12. Putting one set of letters inside another
  • 14. Device involving reading letters backward
  • 16. Clue formed by combining smaller parts
  • 18. Word that sounds like another
  • 19. Word or letter indicating a type of wordplay

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