4 сент. 2024 г. · This list contains the coded expressions used to select letters from a word or words in cryptic clues (eg 'a little crossword' = C).

1 First letters · 2 Last letter · 3 Both first and last letters · 4 Middle one or two letters · 5 All middle letters · 6 Alternate letters ...

14 апр. 2009 г. · A compilation of indicators for letter selection clues. This covers the following clue types: Initialisms or acrostics – the first letters ...

22 мар. 2006 г. · Letter 'A' indicators: absolute temperature, about, absent, Academician, Academy, acceleration, accepted, ace, acre(s), acreage, across, acting, active, ...

4 сент. 2024 г. · This table contains single letter indicators which are not in the abbreviation or letter selection lists.

3 нояб. 2024 г. · I think letter selection indicators should follow the accepted rules of grammar, but I do see these rules being twisted quite often in this sub.

Most common selection indicators · 1. Start · 2. Back · 3. End · 4. Top · 5. Last · 6. Case · 7. Beginning · 8. Head; 9 ...

This is an incomplete list of letter deletion indicators. Note that deleting all the middle letters is equivalent to selecting the first and last letters.

Letter selections use positional indicators to pick letters out of a word that are then used in wordplay: Initial letter: firstly, start to, beginning of; Final ...

11 мая 2024 г. · And, even read cryptically, "the borders of <fodder>" seems read better than without the "the". Thoughts?