8 дек. 2011 г. · Mouth or ear. Saying something or hearing it. More often hearing it. Let's see some more soundalike clues, with the tell-tale indicator ...

10 нояб. 2022 г. · When a clue ends in "say", it means it COULD be that definition, but that there may be other definitions. Upvote

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

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, ...

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. · Finally, the word “say” in a clue unlocks many more possibilities than the two mentioned above. In the Brendan puzzle cited, every clue ends ...

Cryptic crossword clues conform to certain rules and patterns, and spotting the nature of the clue will give you the key to solving it.

17 апр. 2024 г. · "..., say" is usually a shorthand clue that the answer will be conversational in tone, ie something that might be said out loud.

Look for signals such as "caught in," "buried in," "part of," and "housed by." For example, CAT could be clued as: "Lover of birds imprisoned in Alcatraz (3)." ...

A good part of the trick to solving a cryptic clue is figuring out which part of the clue is the definition and which part is the wordplay.