A crossword exploring essential techniques used in solving cryptic crossword puzzles.
Mastering Cryptic Clue Strategies
A crossword exploring key techniques and conventions used in solving and constructing cryptic crossword clues.
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Across
- 1. Clue with two definitions for the same answer
- 2. Describes the style of this puzzle type
- 3. Clue involves shortening a word
- 6. Word that signals how to manipulate letters
- 8. Break or pause hint in clue structure
- 10. Rearrangement of letters to form new word
- 13. Removing letters to form the answer
Down
- 4. Replacing part of clue with a synonym or homophone
- 5. Putting one word or letters inside another
- 7. Technique involving reading the word backwards
- 9. Clue formed by concatenating smaller word parts
- 11. Word that sounds like another
- 12. Word providing letters to another word in clue
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