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Esoteric Nuances in Cryptic Cluecraft
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Across
- 1. Understatement form, often negating for emphasis in clues
- 2. Hiding an answer seamlessly inside a phrase
- 5. Shuffling letters to craft hidden meaning in puzzles
- 7. A clue built from parts pasted together theatrically
- 11. End segment clue, often appended to mislead or hint
- 14. First letters forming words hidden in initial spots
Down
- 3. Cryptic form where two meanings point to the same answer
- 4. Number of letters revealed in clue’s cryptic length tag
- 6. Words spelled the same forwards and backwards
- 8. Word without repeating any letter, a puzzle oddity
- 9. Chain of clues linking to reveal a final solution
- 10. Study of meanings twisting in cryptic clue deception
- 12. Cryptic term indicating newest or repeated wordplay
- 13. Signal that a letter switch or reversal is underway
- 15. Back to front, a common trick in wordplay’s arsenal
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