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    Cryptic Classroom #4: Charades

    Oct 28, 2021 3 minutes

    Since September 2021, we’ve explained three very accessible types of wordplay found in cryptic crossword clues: anagrams, hidden words, and double definitions. This month, we’ll explore a more challenging type of cryptic clue: charades.

    First, some basics:

    A cryptic crossword clue always consists of two parts. One is a literal definition of the answer. The second is some kind of wordplay. Both the literal and wordplay parts adequately clue the answer independently, but both parts together lead

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