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Paradoxical Adages and Enigmatic Wisdom
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Seemingly self-contradictory yet contains truth
  • 2. Indirect or ambiguous clue style in proverbs
  • 5. Relating to knowledge or justification within sayings
  • 6. Something misplaced in time, like outdated advice
  • 13. Concise, witty maxim often engraved and recalled
  • 14. Small kernels of wisdom hidden in cryptic phrases
  • 16. Word with similar meaning used for clever misdirection
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  • 3. Comprehensive knowledge needed to decode layered proverbs
  • 4. Symbolic meaning beneath proverb’s apparent narrative
  • 7. Mocking tone typically shading darker proverbial truths
  • 8. Conventional belief contrasted by proverbial skepticism
  • 9. Puzzling question or riddle resembling cryptic proverb
  • 10. Figure of speech replacing a name by association
  • 11. Pertaining to fixed expressions losing literal sense
  • 12. Adjective warning of potential peril in discourse
  • 15. Common phrases embodying cultural wisdom cryptically
  • 17. Short sentence expressing a general truth or rule

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