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Essential Terms in Cryptic Crosswords
Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
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Across
- 1. Direction for the other clue type
- 2. Direction for one type of clue
- 3. A unit of language in puzzles
- 5. A word with similar meaning
- 6. Word showing how to solve a clue
- 8. Letters rearranged to form a word
- 10. A game with words to solve
- 12. A piece or segment of a word
Down
- 4. Solution to a puzzle
- 7. Clue where the answer is inside text
- 9. Part of clue giving meaning
- 11. A hint to solve a puzzle
- 13. Where the puzzle words fit
- 14. Single character used in words
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