Explore the essential terminology used to decode and craft cryptic crossword puzzles with this thematic crossword.
Intricate Clues and Cryptic Keywords
A crossword exploring essential terminology used in cryptic crosswords, designed to sharpen your puzzle-solving vocabulary.
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Across
- 1. Letters taken from within words
- 2. Wordplay involving rearranged letters
- 3. Commonly used in cryptic to indicate twisting letters
- 4. A clue using words that sound alike
- 6. Straight definition part of a clue
- 10. To analyze the structure of a clue
- 12. Clue hinting at placing one word inside another
- 14. Wordplay element that misleads solver
- 15. Word substitution clue
- 18. Indication of two elements or meanings
Down
- 5. Word connecting two parts of a clue
- 7. Number of letters given in brackets
- 8. Hint or instruction in a puzzle
- 9. Word concealed within the clue text
- 11. Word signaling wordplay or instructions
- 13. Wordplay involving backward spelling
- 16. Type of crossword with hidden meanings
- 17. Puzzle clue formed by combining parts of words
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