A crossword featuring 17 essential slang terms used in cryptic crossword solving to enhance your puzzle vocabulary.
Intriguing Jargon of Cryptic Clues
A crossword exploring the specialized slang used in cryptic crossword solving, highlighting the unique terminology and mechanics enthusiasts rely on.
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Across
- 1. Sound-alike word used in clues
- 2. Part of clue offering meaning
- 3. A reversal indicator (rare)
- 5. Word signaling a cryptic wordplay
- 6. Wordplay method removing letters
- 10. Type of wordplay reading backwards
- 13. Cryptic clue type with two definitions
- 17. Type of crossword with coded clues
- 18. Word formed by rearranging letters
Down
- 4. Number of letters in answer
- 7. Person who composes the crossword
- 8. Wordplay involving putting one word inside another
- 9. Hidden message formed by initial letters
- 11. Joining words or parts in wordplay
- 12. Word meaning 'written down' (often setter)
- 14. Word hidden inside another word
- 15. Wordplay involving humor or double meaning
- 16. Clue type combining parts sequentially
- 19. Answer that stays unchanged in clue
- 20. Anagram of 'MUSYLA' (example of anagram fodder)
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