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cryptic crosswords

cryptic crosswords is the plural of cryptic crossword.

Meaning of cryptic crossword

Noun

cryptic crossword (plural cryptic crosswords)

  1. 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

Questions about cryptic crosswords

What is cryptic crosswords the plural of?
Cryptic crosswords is the plural of cryptic crossword.

Words near cryptic crosswords in the dictionary

  1. cryptesthetic
  2. cryptex
  3. cryptexes
  4. cryptic
  5. cryptic crossword
  6. cryptic crosswords
  7. cryptic definition
  8. cryptic definitions
  9. cryptic ovulation
  10. cryptic species
  11. cryptical

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