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Obscure Linguistic Constructs and Paradoxes
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Word reflecting itself, often cryptic, reversible
  • 2. Medieval phonetic cut-out in middle of word
  • 3. Word with a vowel sound looping in whispered guise
  • 5. Lexical phenomenon of multiple names under one concept
  • 6. Crossed structure reversing syntactic order
  • 8. Compulsive repetition mimicking spoken language
  • 9. Separating a compound word inside for emphasis
  • 11. Repetition beginning with reference backward in text
Down
  • 4. Naming birds via complex linguistic morphology
  • 7. Rhetorical leap that’s paradoxically indirect
  • 10. Misplaced modifier lending semantic disguise
  • 12. The new information part of a linguistic message
  • 13. Grammatical yoke mixing meanings in one sentence
  • 14. Philosophical puzzlement expressed in linguistic paradox

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