A crossword exploring popular slang and terminology used in cryptic crossword solving.
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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