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Enigmatic Tools of Cryptic Craft is a medium crossword puzzle with 20 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.

Enigmatic Tools of Cryptic Craft
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
  • 1. Pun or trickery found inside cryptic clues
  • 2. Twofold definition or wordplay device in clues
  • 3. Pause in poetry that signals a break or mystery
  • 5. A common figure or motif used in cryptic clues
  • 7. Trick word; a tricky device to confuse or disguise
  • 9. Patterns that might hint at letter movement or shape
  • 12. Figure of speech implying a hidden meaning
  • 14. Basic units used repeatedly in puzzle solving
  • 16. Embedding a word inside another inside clues
  • 20. Puzzle using pictures to represent words or parts
Down
  • 4. Essential letters often shuffled or omitted
  • 6. Abbreviation sometimes used for a popular puzzle form
  • 8. To place side by side for contrast or meaning
  • 10. A puzzling or inexplicable device or message
  • 11. Signs or hints guiding solvers to word parts
  • 13. Precise placement often matters in cryptic parsing
  • 15. Type of word hidden within a phrase or sentence
  • 17. Words similar in meaning, common in clue wordplay
  • 18. Mysterious or hidden meaning behind a puzzling clue
  • 19. A mixer rearranges letters to create new words

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