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cryptics

cryptics is the plural of cryptic.

Meaning of cryptic

Noun

cryptic (plural cryptics)

  1. (informal) A cryptic crossword puzzle.
    • He settled down to the cryptic in the Independent. He loved his crossword. It kept him mentally active, just as gossip did his wife.1996, Mary McCarthy, Remember Me, page 85

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Questions about cryptics

What is cryptics the plural of?
Cryptics is the plural of cryptic.

Words near cryptics in the dictionary

  1. cryptically
  2. cryptices
  3. crypticity
  4. cryptick
  5. crypticness
  6. cryptics
  7. cryptid
  8. cryptidin
  9. cryptidine
  10. cryptidines
  11. cryptidins

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