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Linguistic aspects of the cryptic crossword

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Steve Coffey
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Abstract

STEVE COFFEY confronts the enigmatic language of a puzzling word game

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English Today , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 14 - 18
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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