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So the puns need to be in the clue, and not the answer?

• oneeyedpigeon 6y ago
  You could have a pun in the answer - although I think that's pretty rare - but the answer itself would still need to be a recognized word/phrase.
  • mcphage 6y ago
    That's really interesting—I'm not much of a crosswords fan, but I had never even considered the idea that there are "dialects" in what crosswords clues & answers could be.
• joshuamorton 6y ago
  Sort of. Cryptics, which are the international style, might have a clue like "insect in pants" -> "ant", which is pants without the first and last letters. And more complicated variants, like anagrams, mashing words together, etc.