cryptic crossword

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cryptic crossword (plural cryptic crosswords)

  1. A type of crossword involving wordplay and misleading definitions.
    • 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:
      While celebrating our “graduation”, a handsome Scot bailed me up outside a pub and insisted I help him solve the cryptic crossword.

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