Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Esoteric Linguistics and Cryptic Wordplay is a hard crossword puzzle with 18 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Esoteric Linguistics and Cryptic Wordplay
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. To insert marks that silently guide reading
- 2. Pairs of words linked by subtle shift
- 3. Comparisons cloaked as something else
- 5. Symmetrical phrase that returns in reverse
- 6. Involuntary echoing in spoken phrase
- 11. Repetition in words meaning the same
- 14. Writing that omits a specified letter
- 15. False word histories, cleverly fabricated
- 16. Rearranged letters form a new word’s core
Down
- 4. Roundabout speech, convoluted yet clear
- 7. Sound-alikes that puzzle the ear and pen
- 8. Meaning of words, shifting in context’s dance
- 9. Concise truths with layered meanings
- 10. Study of word origins, often obscure roots
- 12. Reversing word order to emphasize sense
- 13. Loss of hair, but cryptic in language puzzles?
- 17. Perfect meaning doubles with word variety
- 18. Mysterious clues wrapped in linguistic veils
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