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Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
The answer is hidden inside the clue in reverse order. There are two indicators: one to signify that a hidden word is present; the other to reverse the letters.
A type of clue that involves the mixing up of letters without the inclusion of a letter or letters. This clue will have an anagram indicator to signify jumbling and a subtraction indicator to signify the removal of a letter or letters.
A removed letter may be as seen in the clue, an abbreviation for a word in the clue, or the result of another cryptic device like taking the initial letter from a word. Removed letters may be a whole word as seen in a clue, the synonym of a word in the clue (if that synonym is contiguous within the anagram fodder), or the result of another cryptic device like taking the middle two letters from a word.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
A word or series of words that signify the turning around (across & down clues), or overturning (down clues only) of letters.
Examples: upset, reversed, retired, in withdrawal, over etc.
A word or phrase that defines the answer. All cryptic clues usually have a minimum of one definition which will be located at the beginning or end of the clue.
Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
Either a mixture of letters is placed inside or outside other letters, or letters are placed inside or outside a mixture of letters. An anagram indicator and containment indicator will be present.
A type of clue that involves the mixing up of letters without the inclusion of a letter or letters. This clue will have an anagram indicator to signify jumbling and a subtraction indicator to signify the removal of a letter or letters.
A removed letter may be as seen in the clue, an abbreviation for a word in the clue, or the result of another cryptic device like taking the initial letter from a word. Removed letters may be a whole word as seen in a clue, the synonym of a word in the clue (if that synonym is contiguous within the anagram fodder), or the result of another cryptic device like taking the middle two letters from a word.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
A word or series of words that signify the turning around (across & down clues), or overturning (down clues only) of letters.
Examples: upset, reversed, retired, in withdrawal, over etc.
A word or phrase that defines the answer. All cryptic clues usually have a minimum of one definition which will be located at the beginning or end of the clue.
The answer is found by butting together parts defined in the wordplay. There may be some positional indicators that change the order of these parts.
The structure of the answer involves either letters placed outside other letters, or letters placed inside other letters. Which type of container clue is determined by an appropriate container indicator.
Meanwhile, Back at the Coalface – not one not my better weeks……
……….not one of my better weeks.
Bloody auto spell-check, always thinks it knows best!!!
Oh Boy! Seriously unfocused this week.
Far too much external assistance required to get here & STILL clueless on 27a
Picks Of The Week
9a & 18a – intriguing usages/23a – Phew!
1d – just fell out/5d – still not convinced about alternative “range”
10d – Phew! again/14d – ditto/16d wasted much time wrestling with Speedos
I was going well as I set out on this endeavour.
Lots of announcements and broadcasts to confuse the issue. Add in the computer references, and we get lost of fun.
Thought 5a was a bit sly. and laughed heartily at 4d. I Seldom use the word.
27a caused much heartache, until I got 14d and 17d. David’s clue gives you a start and directs you to the word play. The second part might be useful considering the current reduction in temperature. It might also send you potty if you are a gardener.
Struggled with 5d until I discovered there was scope for improvement in my thinking. I am happy with it now.
I was wary of 9a, but google settled my qualms.
18a. This one gets top marks from me.
Of course!
I was all “about” – in the wrong place.
Just a nudge to get back on course. Thanks Arthur.
Saturday morning. Gosh – hardly my finest hour/week!!!
or was it just one of your more challenging creations, David???
I had to cheat on 10d despite having all the crossers,kicking myself now. I’d also not heard of the 1st def in 9a. Favorites this week 16d & 23a.
10d. I played with lots of options before finding the appropriate parts of the anagram.
Agree 16d and 23a took some working out.
9a is a word that I would not use in place of either definition, so it stretched my credibility. But as always I’m here to learn.
Last week David was much kinder to us. I prefer this degree of difficulty, but I would not give this one to either my novice or advanced U3A groups.
10a took some working out. A reversal and an anagram, both with clear indicators – easy to see afterwards.
9a I would not use either definition in normal conversation, but dictionaries are happy with one, and the other is descriptive. I am here to learn.
I agree that 16d and 23a are very good. I had to work on them, but smiled broadly when they came to light. 16d I was thinking of bikinis while Richard considered budgie smugglers. In the end Richard was right on the mark if we leave the ladies out.
I tried to post a comment earlier but it is in cyberspace, presumably because I put in an incorrect email address
Arthur – I just use THIS FIELD & click “Post Comment” below.
You aren’t doing that?
Occasionally the “Post” button does’t seem to work
(may well be my Mouse being Ratty)
Add a full stop e.g. – try again – away it goes.
Problem is that my post just disappears when I press post. I have to start all over, and I’ve forgotten what I said the first time.
The blog used to hold my name and email address between visits, but since Edge arrived, it does not do so.
It is either me or the machine – I know which I am backing.
I’ll try Firefox or Google Chrome for a few weeks and see what happens there.