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cluemanship

cluemanship noun: the art of writing cryptic crossword clues.

Noun

cluemanship (uncountable)

  1. (crosswording) The art of writing cryptic crossword clues.
    • And if anyone nowadays feels like calling this resort to dull definition a weakness, let him remember that Torquemada was a pioneer, and also that he was a genius of a most original kind; rules of cluemanship are for ordinary mortals, not for such as he was.1966, D.S. Macnutt, Ximenes on the Art of the Crossword, page 30
    • Neither does JAC bind himself rigorously to the oft-sung and, at times, overstated rules of cluemanship formulated by XIMENES and AFRIT.1976, Games & Puzzles

Origin of cluemanship

clue + -manship

Questions about cluemanship

What does cluemanship mean?
Cluemanship means the art of writing cryptic crossword clues.
What part of speech is cluemanship?
Cluemanship is a noun.

Words near cluemanship in the dictionary

  1. clueing up
  2. clueless
  3. cluelessly
  4. cluelessness
  5. cluelike
  6. cluemanship
  7. clues
  8. clues in
  9. clues up
  10. cluestick
  11. cluesticks

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