P8 GIANT CRYPTIC CROSSWORD I THE GLOBE AND MAIL | SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2020 P8 GIANT CRYPTIC CROSSWORD I THE GLOBE AND MAIL | SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2020 BY FRASER SIMPSON #GLOBECROSSWORD BY FRASER SIMPSON #GLOBECROSSWORD HOW TO DO CRYPTIC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 CROSSWORDS HOW TO DO CRYPTIC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 CROSSWORDS 18 19 20 Cryptic crosswords are the wordplay-packed relatives of 21 18 22 1923 24 20 regularCryptic crosswords. crosswords If you’re are the new wtoordplay-packed the game, you relativesneed of 2125 26 2227 23 28 24 to learnregular the differencecrosswords. be- If you’re tweennew regular to the clues game, and you their need to learn the difference be- 29 25 26 30 27 31 2832 33 cryptic cousins. tween regular clues and their 29 30 31 32 33 The importantcryptic cousins. distinction is 34 35 36 37 38 39 that every clue has two parts: a definitionThe important of the answer distinction and is 40 34 41 35 42 43 44 36 37 3845 46 39 47 anotherthat way every of cluearriving has attwo the parts: answera definition through wordof the play. answer and 48 40 49 41 50 51 52 42 43 4453 54 4555 46 56 57 47 Thesea nothertwo parts way are of putarriving next at the to oneanswer another: through You must word play. 58 48 49 59 50 51 52 5360 54 61 55 56 57 figureT heseout where two parts one partare put next ends tando one the another: other begins. 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