A crossword featuring 17 essential slang terms used in cryptic crossword solving to enhance your puzzle vocabulary.
Inside Track on Cryptic Cluing
A crossword featuring common slang and technical terms used in cryptic crossword puzzles, designed to deepen your familiarity with cryptic clue language.
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Across
- 1. Abbreviation for definition part of clue
- 3. Type of wordplay removing letters from a word
- 4. Clue formed by joining smaller word parts
- 6. Straightforward solution without wordplay
- 8. Novice solver unsure if the answer fits (slang for guesser)
Down
- 2. Puzzle element using pictures or symbols for words
- 5. Word signaling anagram or other wordplay
- 7. Word formed by rearranging letters
- 9. Common number used to denote 'one' clue type (cryptic reference)
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