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Mastering Cryptic Clues Variation
A challenging crossword exploring essential cryptic puzzle techniques and clue variations.
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Across
  • 1. Sound-alike word used in clues
  • 2. Removing letters in wordplay
  • 3. Adding letters inside another word
  • 5. Reads the same forward and back
  • 6. Word signaling wordplay type
  • 7. Clue with two definitions
  • 8. Removing letters from a word
  • 13. Puzzling and mysterious type
  • 14. Answer found inside a phrase
  • 17. Word rearrangement for hidden meaning
  • 18. Word formed from first letters
Down
  • 4. Wordplay with multiple meanings
  • 9. Hint to solve the puzzle
  • 10. Cryptic misdirection device
  • 11. Answer hidden backwards
  • 12. One word placed inside another
  • 15. Correct sequence of letters
  • 16. Clue parts joined in sequence
  • 19. A puzzling or mysterious thing
  • 20. A word meaning the same

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