Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Esoteric Enigmas of Cryptic Parsing
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Master of rearranged letters reveals hidden insight
- 3. Deceptive compound word split in theatrical fashion
- 5. Grammatical surprise where sentence abruptly shifts course
- 9. Reads identically forwards and backwards — symmetric oddity
- 11. Named after a person, clue’s hidden personal twist
- 12. Downward fold, geological clue metaphor beneath surface
Down
- 2. Two meanings in one clue—ambiguous lexical twist
- 4. Algebraic letter puzzle hiding sums or oddity
- 6. Picture in place of word puzzles mind and eye
- 7. Word guiding solver where definition begins or ends
- 8. Sounds alike, differing meaning—sound trick in clues
- 10. Transposed sounds reversing order in cryptic formation
- 13. Darkening element in cryptic clue’s obscure ink
- 14. Indispensable directive entailed in clue instructions
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