CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS: CLUE TYPES and INDICATORS. Examples are in Italics. CLUE TYPE. 1 Anagrams: a mixture of some letters. Wild West food (4).

26 апр. 2016 г. · They are words that give a sense of reversal (not surprisingly!) such as around, backslide, brought about, come back, flipped over, going west, ...

A cryptic clue generally consists of two parts: Definition – this is synonymous with the answer and is usually positioned at the beginning or end of the clue. ...

One part is a normal definition of the answer; the other is an additional hint using wordplay. Having two hints in each clue might seem a big giveaway to.

25 апр. 2022 г. · Cryptic devices: hidden answers; double definitions; cryptic definitions; soundalikes; initial letters; spoonerisms; containers; reversals; ...

Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution.

3 янв. 2024 г. · Here's a list that goes back at least a decade of some of our favourite cryptic clues! Scroll down to the bottom for the answers.

A collection of elements commonly used in the wordplay of cryptic crosswords. ; fashion, CUT; FAD; TON ; fashionable, IN; HIP ; favourite, PET (as in teacher's pet).

See our reference table below for some of these – though there are many more, you can really only learn them all by doing lots of cryptic crosswords!

1. SPRUCE (double def) 2. RUMBLES ("slumber"anag.) 3. ARENA (hid.) ... 7. SLAP ("pal's" rev.) 8. (b)EAGLE 9. HEAT + HENS ("hate" anag.) ...