cryptic crossword en · NOUN
Meanings
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A type of crossword involving wordplay and misleading definitions.
While celebrating our “graduation”, a handsome Scot bailed me up outside a pub and insisted I help him solve the cryptic crossword.
2023 January 31, Clem Bastow, “My bad trip – I met a handsome Scot with a crossword and thought it was true love”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cryptic crosswords | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
nn kryptisk kryssord (type of crossword) · de kryptisches Kreuzworträtsel (type of crossword) · fi piilosana (type of crossword) · cmn 謎中謎縱橫填字遊戲 /谜中谜纵横填字游戏 (type of crossword) · nb kryptisk kryssord (type of crossword) · fr mots croisés cryptiques (type of crossword) · nl cryptogram (type of crossword)