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Labyrinthine Lexicons of Cryptic Crosswords
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Cryptic device scrambling a gram of letters (8)
  • 2. Early pioneer shaping cryptic crosswords’ fame (10)
  • 3. Type of theatre informing clue’s theatrical style (10)
  • 5. To count or specify letter totals cryptically (9)
  • 7. Logical deduction encoded in cryptic origins (9)
  • 10. First letters form hidden words, ancestral clue style (8)
  • 12. Compound wordplay form, cryptic’s early engine (7)
Down
  • 4. A master of crosswords, hidden in Latin crafts (14)
  • 6. Setter’s tactic to make clues less clear (9)
  • 8. Study of meaning essential for clue construction (9)
  • 9. Letter names clue cryptic roots with sound values (9)
  • 11. Foreign speech hinting at cryptic’s vocal twists (9)
  • 13. To disguise, like a setter hiding an answer (8)
  • 14. Alias often used by setters to mask identity (9)
  • 15. Picture puzzle component hinting at origin (5)
  • 16. Short heading or motto, like a puzzle’s preface (8)

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