cryptic crossword

English

Noun

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^[1]:

     While celebrating our “graduation”, a handsome Scot bailed me up outside a pub and insisted I help him solve the cryptic crossword.

Translations

type of crossword

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 謎中謎縱橫填字遊戲 / 谜中谜纵横填字游戏 (mízhōngmí zònghéng tiánzì yóuxì)

• Dutch: cryptogram (nl)
• Finnish: piilosana
• French: mots croisés cryptiques m pl
• German: kryptisches Kreuzworträtsel n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kryptisk kryssord (no) n

  Nynorsk: kryptisk kryssord n

• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Crossword abbreviations