With some words, if you add up or down to them, the meaning is totally different. Answer: whirl = spin (the straight clue). Indicators are oddly, every second, alternately etc.Įvery second letter of Two hail Rolf is w-h-i-r-l. In this case the answer is hidden in every odd or even letter. In this case hurried = sped and court = woo. you need a word that means hurried and put it “around” a word that means court. The cryptic clue is two straight clues first. You will recognise them as that part looks like a normal clue.Ĭame down and hurried around to court (7) You will find some clues that need part of it solved like a normal crossword first and then that answer is used along with other Pioneer is the word pier around the word one = pi-one-er. One comes into a pier to be a colonist (7) Indicators can be: Look for words like around, about, comes into etc. Some words are made up of one word around another.
Word around another words or word inside another word The cryptic clue is: I + dah (had returned) + o (ring) = Idaho. Note: If you see the word “state” it could mean the answer is a state in USA. California = ca Virginia = va Georgia = ga etc. The abbreviations of US states are used as parts of words, e.g.
Cryptic crosswords clues plus#
In these clues the answer is spelled out in a series of letters, as per anagram - plus or minus letters.įrench friend to go for Spanish friend (5)įrench friend = ami + go = amigo (Spanish friend) This is spelling out the answer for you: y(why) u(you) cc(seize) a = yucca. Why you seize a prickly plant has me spellbound (5) Spelling: you = u why = y seas = cc ease = ee Dee = d Ell = l pea = p etc.įoreign words: of French = de the French = le la or les the Spanish = el the Italian = il. These are a representation of a letter or lettersĭirections: north = n south = s etc quarter = N, S, E, W or SW, SE etc. Money: Old Bob or Bob = s (shilling) penny = d or p pound = L cent = c dollar = s.ĭirections, spelling, numerals, foreign words Roman numerals: 100 = C 500 = D ten = X (X is also a kiss) five = V six = VI etc. Musical terms: quietly = p very quietly = pp loud = f very loud= ff. These are a representation of a letter or letters.Ĭhemical symbols: gold = au or or silver = a carbon = c copper = cu iron = Fe. If you removed the letters lad from Hatfield, you are left with an anagram of the answer = thief.Ĭhemical symbols, Musical terms, Roman numerals, money The lad left Hatfield to become a burglar (5) Deleted letters are indicted by less, without, leave or left, abandoned etc. Indictors for additions are with,Īnd etc. Sometimes answer is an anagram of a word or words, with whole words to add to or delete. Is in could mean put the word is in the answer. Sailor = ab ship or on board = ss degree or academian = ba or ma engineer = re dancer or artist = ra party = do journalist orĮditor = ed mother = ma father = pa horse = gg alien = ET street = st road = rd record = lp company = co at home = in inĬharge = ic first class =ai little thanks = ta little credit = cr attorney = da doctor = dr (or mo or mb) alternative = or. These are represented by some of the following: Deleted letters are indicted by less, without etc. Indictors for additions are with,Īnd, etc. Sometimes the answer is an anagram of a word or words with extra letters to add or delete. Gets a or gets the, could mean to add the letter a or the word the.Īnagrams with more than one letter removed or added Student or learner = L one = i ring, zero, nothing, love = o second class or Bravo = b echo = e (any of the call sign alphabet) įirst Greek = a second Greek = b First of May = m End of May = y middle of May = a Wednesday = w etc bone = T bend = s. Here are some of the ways these letters are represented: Letters are indicted by less, without etc. Sometimes an answer is anagram of a word or words with an extra letter to add or delete. The answer sounds like (we hear) a word that means quiet.
This type of clue uses words that sound the same but are spelled differently. The answer is a word that means both access and confession = admission This makes use of the fact a lot of words have more than one meaning. (*This is an exception as there is no cryptic clue or indicator) Straight clue is weight, cryptic clue not, and the indicator reversed. returns with, back, up (for a down clue), etc. The answer is hidden – backwards - within the cryptic clue. Straight clue is not repeated, cryptic clue initiation ceremony, and the indicator in. Not repeated in the initiation ceremony (4) The answer is hidden within the cryptic clue.
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