Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Hidden Beginnings of Cryptic Clues is a medium crossword puzzle with 16 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
Hidden Beginnings of Cryptic Clues
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
- 1. Crossword layout composed of squares and lines
- 2. Wordplay type where letters are scrambled anew
- 3. Puzzle using pictures or letters to represent words
- 4. Challenge designed to test ingenuity and skill
- 7. A clue mechanism spinning letters around
- 8. Language trickery at the heart of cryptic clues
- 11. Secret code often used in word disguises
- 13. Person who writes, possibly a clue compiler
- 14. Code of dots and dashes, used historically for signals
Down
- 5. Mysterious or puzzling element, also a WWII device
- 6. Hint embedded in a cryptic crossword entry
- 9. Text arranged in rows, like clues in a crossword
- 10. To list elements, often found in clue instructions
- 12. Type of crossword known for its hidden wordplay
- 15. Words sounding alike but different in meaning
- 16. Direction in which some crossword answers are written
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