Meanings
nouncryptic crossword (plural cryptic crosswords)
plural cryptic crosswords
- 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
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 謎中謎縱橫填字遊戲 /谜中谜纵横填字游戏
- 謎中謎縱橫填字遊戲 /谜中谜纵横填字游戏 (mízhōngmí zònghéng tiánzì yóuxì)type of crossword
Dutch cryptogram
- cryptogramtype of crossword
Finnish piilosana
- piilosanatype of crossword
French mots croisés cryptiques
- mots croisés cryptiquestype of crossword
German kryptisches Kreuzworträtsel
- kryptisches Kreuzworträtseltype of crossword
Norwegian Bokmål kryptisk kryssord
- kryptisk kryssordtype of crossword
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APA
cryptic crossword. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptic%20crossword
MLA
“cryptic crossword.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptic%20crossword. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryptic crossword,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptic%20crossword.
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