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

30 авг. 2010 г. · The standard advice for punctuation in cryptic clues is "Ignore it". That is good advice in most cases, like these -.

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.

12 авг. 2020 г. · In another newspaper, of course, it might be the “Independent” bit pointing you at an US or WE. But the paper that appears most often is the one ...

16 февр. 2015 г. · The short answer to the question “What should I make of the punctuation in a cryptic crossword clue?” is: ignore it. All of it.

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!

26 апр. 2016 г. · Cryptic definition clues don't use indicator words, although they are often indicated with a question mark or exclamation mark. (

A collection of elements commonly used in the wordplay of cryptic crosswords. This list is not intended to be exhaustive and does not, for example, include:

Every cryptic clue has two parts: a definition of the answer and an indication of the answer's literal makeup through wordplay. Either half may come first, ...

A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom.