A challenging crossword exploring cryptic riddles, wordplay techniques, and puzzle-solving skills.
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Enigmatic Wordplay Secrets Unlocked
A challenging crossword exploring cryptic riddles, wordplay techniques, and puzzle linguistics.
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Across
- 1. Figure of speech implying resemblance
- 2. Word formed by rearranging letters
- 4. Part of a cryptic clue giving the direct meaning
- 5. Clue type giving two definitions for one word
- 8. Puzzle using pictures or symbols to represent words
- 10. Comparison of two things showing similarity
- 11. Clue type where answer is concealed inside the clue
- 13. Poem or puzzle with letters forming a word vertically
- 16. Word meaning the same as another
- 18. Hint or piece of evidence solving a puzzle
Down
- 3. Where crossword answers are entered
- 6. Wordplay exploiting multiple meanings or similar sounds
- 7. Word that reads the same backward and forward
- 9. Single character used in words
- 12. Puzzle made of word parts clued separately
- 14. Word that shows how to interpret a clue’s wordplay
- 15. Words sounding alike but spelled differently
- 17. A kind of clue with a hidden meaning
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