crossword enigma
nounEtymology
From crossword + enigma. The term predates the modern crossword puzzle and takes its name from an older meaning of crossword, referring to the words from which the letters of an acrostic are to be taken.
- derived from aenigma
Definitions
A puzzle in the form of a poem with successive lines hinting at the individual letters of…
A puzzle in the form of a poem with successive lines hinting at the individual letters of a word.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for crossword enigma. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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