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Ingenious Lingo of Cryptic Clues
A crossword featuring 17 essential slang terms used in cryptic crossword solving to enhance your puzzle vocabulary.
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Across
  • 1. Signal showing how to modify word parts
  • 2. Word formed from initial letters
  • 3. One word placed inside another in clue
  • 4. Final twist or pun in the clue
  • 5. Part of clue that gives the direct meaning
  • 8. Tool for finding synonyms
  • 9. Clue involving words that sound alike
  • 10. Slang for a clue with two parts or meanings
  • 16. Slang for challenging, tricky clues
Down
  • 6. Numbers in brackets indicating word length
  • 7. Type of puzzle using obscured wordplay
  • 11. Putting one word or letters inside another
  • 12. Letters taken from a larger group
  • 13. Word meaning the same as another
  • 14. Clue made by stringing smaller word parts
  • 15. Hint to flip letters backward
  • 17. Word formed by rearranging letters

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