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Think you’ve mastered Spanish? Put your linguistic wit to the ultimate test with this fiendishly clever crossword dedicated to wordplay and puns. From double meanings to tongue-in-cheek juegos de palabras, this puzzle challenges your deepest understanding of Spanish humour, idioms, and linguistic ambiguity, the hallmarks of true C2 fluency.
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 1. Written, irregular past participle
- 4. To seem
- 10. Word that reads same backwards
- 11. Riddle or guessing game phrase
- 13. Adverb meaning 'also' or 'too'
Down
- 2. Always, at all times without exception
- 3. Tongue twister in Spanish
- 5. Repetition of same consonant sounds
- 6. Memory that stirs emotions
- 7. Pun based on similar sounding words
- 8. Exaggerated statement for effect
- 9. Words with same sound, different meaning
- 12. someone, indefinite person pronoun
Answers
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Across
- 1. Written, irregular past participle → escrito
- 4. To seem → parecer
- 10. Word that reads same backwards → palindromo
- 11. Riddle or guessing game phrase → adivina
- 13. Adverb meaning 'also' or 'too' → tambien
Down
- 2. Always, at all times without exception → siempre
- 3. Tongue twister in Spanish → trabalenguas
- 5. Repetition of same consonant sounds → aliteracion
- 6. Memory that stirs emotions → recuerdo
- 7. Pun based on similar sounding words → paronomasia
- 8. Exaggerated statement for effect → hiperbole
- 9. Words with same sound, different meaning → homonimos
- 12. someone, indefinite person pronoun → alguien
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