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Think you’ve mastered French? Put your linguistic finesse to the ultimate test with this fiendishly clever crossword dedicated to the art of French wordplay. From contrepèteries and calembours to verlan and beyond, this puzzle challenges your deepest knowledge of how the French language bends, twists, and delights in its own cleverness. Only the sharpest minds need apply.
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 2. a clever trick or witty remark
- 4. To want
- 5. Next
- 8. mild word replacing harsh expression
- 9. word reading same forwards and back
- 11. repetition of consonant sounds in text
- 13. words that sound alike
- 14. To write
- 15. double meaning or ambiguity
Down
- 1. Often
- 3. riddle based on syllable sounds
- 6. To be born
- 7. newly coined word or expression
- 10. speech or word
- 12. wit or clever intelligence
Answers
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Across
- 2. a clever trick or witty remark → astuce
- 4. To want → vouloir
- 5. Next → prochain
- 8. mild word replacing harsh expression → euphemisme
- 9. word reading same forwards and back → palindrome
- 11. repetition of consonant sounds in text → alliteration
- 13. words that sound alike → homophonie
- 14. To write → ecrire
- 15. double meaning or ambiguity → ambiguite
Down
- 1. Often → souvent
- 3. riddle based on syllable sounds → charades
- 6. To be born → naitre
- 7. newly coined word or expression → neologisme
- 10. speech or word → parole
- 12. wit or clever intelligence → esprit
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