Crossword puzzle : Wordplay in English

Think you’ve mastered the English language? Put your skills to the ultimate test with this fiendishly clever crossword dedicated to the art of wordplay. From puns and palindromes to anagrams and spoonerisms, every clue is a linguistic puzzle waiting to be unravelled. Sharp wits and a love of language are your greatest assets — good luck!

Horizontalement

1. 1. In a lower position
2. 4. Quality of being funny or amusing
3. 10. Amount charged for a product
4. 11. Word reading same forwards and backwards
5. 15. A mild word replacing an offensive one
6. 17. Placeholder subject in reduced sentences
7. 18. referring to earlier text content
8. 19. Full of danger, opposite of safe

Verticalement

1. 2. Question word for place
2. 3. from which place or source
3. 4. For this reason, therefore
4. 5. Word imitating a natural sound
5. 6. In front or forward
6. 7. Repetition of initial consonant sounds
7. 8. Swapped initial sounds in two words
8. 9. A humorous five-line poem
9. 12. Word sounding like another word
10. 13. Used sarcastically to disagree
11. 14. Many times frequently
12. 16. A person who makes puns