ext_63541 ([identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] 42itous 2010-10-22 04:26 am (UTC)

"Cryptic" is short for "cryptic crossword puzzle."

The numbers at the end are word lengths. Which are obvious from the grid in this case, but that's not true of Uc's usual puzzles (which often involve added or subtracted letters). It's traditional for word lengths to be given after clues in cryptic crosswords.

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