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Intricate Enigmas of Cryptic Constructs
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Puzzling or mysterious, cloaked in wordplay layers
  • 2. Pairs of identical letters often hidden cryptically
  • 3. Fictitious names masking authors, a cryptic hint
  • 4. Letter transposition within a word, changing order
  • 5. Word or phrase mirroring forward and backward
  • 7. Precise clue part often disguised or split apart
  • 10. Obscure clue style with deceptive surface reading
  • 11. Signal word revealing anagrams or reversals herein
  • 14. Similarity in meaning key to subtle clue layers
  • 17. Rearranged letters craft hidden semantic treasures
  • 18. Segmented riddle acts out meanings piece by piece
Down
  • 6. Hidden messages formed by first letters of text
  • 8. Study of meaning essential for cryptic comprehension
  • 9. Letter or word swapped, a cryptic solver’s tool
  • 12. Identical sounding words, tricky in cryptic clues
  • 13. Picture puzzle encoding words symbolically or phonetically
  • 15. Perplexing question that puzzles the mind cryptically
  • 16. Poetic puzzle where initial letters align unexpectedly

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