Explore the essential terminology used to decode and craft cryptic crossword puzzles with this thematic crossword.
Intricate Lexicon of Cryptic Clues
A crossword exploring essential terminology used in cryptic puzzles to challenge and intrigue solvers.
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Across
- 1. Letters used as material for wordplay
- 2. Type of clue with hidden or indirect meaning
- 3. Clue based on words that sound alike
- 4. The straightforward clue part
- 8. Wordplay involving placing one word inside
- 9. Wordplay involving reading a word backward
- 10. Type of definition clue with two parts
- 12. Word formed by rearranging letters
- 14. Letters taken from a larger group
Down
- 5. Number of letters in the answer
- 6. Word formed by stringing smaller words
- 7. Word that signals the type of wordplay
- 11. Wordplay involving putting one word inside another
- 13. Puzzle with pictures representing words
- 15. Unit of spoken sound in a word
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