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Intricate Lexicon of Cryptic Clues
A crossword exploring essential terminology used in cryptic puzzles to challenge and intrigue solvers.
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Across
  • 1. Letters used as material for wordplay
  • 2. Type of clue with hidden or indirect meaning
  • 3. Clue based on words that sound alike
  • 4. The straightforward clue part
  • 8. Wordplay involving placing one word inside
  • 9. Wordplay involving reading a word backward
  • 10. Type of definition clue with two parts
  • 12. Word formed by rearranging letters
  • 14. Letters taken from a larger group
Down
  • 5. Number of letters in the answer
  • 6. Word formed by stringing smaller words
  • 7. Word that signals the type of wordplay
  • 11. Wordplay involving putting one word inside another
  • 13. Puzzle with pictures representing words
  • 15. Unit of spoken sound in a word
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