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cluemanship

Noun CEFR C1

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The art of writing cryptic crossword clues.

uncountable

Examples

And if anyone nowadays feels like calling this resort to dull definition a weakness, let him remember that Torquemada was a pioneer, and also that he was a genius of a most original kind; rules of cluemanship are for ordinary mortals, not for such as he was.”
Neither does JAC bind himself rigorously to the oft-sung and, at times, overstated rules of cluemanship formulated by XIMENES and AFRIT.”
Among occasional setters I admire for their inventiveness and cluemanship are Phi, Sabre and Kea.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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