crossword enigma

noun

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from aenigma
  2. compounded as crossword enigma — “crossword + enigma

Definitions

  1. 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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