Explore the essential terminology used to decode and craft cryptic crossword puzzles with this thematic crossword.
Intricate Clues and Cryptic Lexicon
Explore the essential terminology and mechanics behind cryptic crossword puzzles with this challenging puzzle.
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Across
- 1. Clue word signaling a wordplay operation
- 4. Word that sounds like another
- 5. Straight synonym clue part
- 7. Wordplay involving one word placed inside another
- 9. Wordplay that involves reading backwards
- 10. Clue with two definitions for one answer
Down
- 2. A word with the same or similar meaning
- 3. Word formed by rearranging letters
- 6. Number and length of answer letters given in clue
- 8. Word formed by juxtaposing smaller words
- 11. Word formed by placing one word inside another
- 12. Word formed from initial letters of a phrase
- 13. Puzzle element substituting pictures for words
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