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A word or series of words that signify a mixing-up of letters.
Examples: changed, at sea, confused, all over the place - anything that indicates change or jumbling.
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.
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.
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 a mixing-up of letters.
Examples: changed, at sea, confused, all over the place - anything that indicates change or jumbling.
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 question mark has been used to indicate "language abuse", that is, a word or words in a clue are used in a technically incorrect way, but the meaning can be still inferred.
Example: A indeed (?) could mean to insert A inside deed.
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 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.
A pointer that signifies the placing of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents) around the OUTSIDE of one or more parts of a clue (or their equivalents).
Examples: holding, keeping, embracing - anything that creates the image of containment.
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.
Wow! That was a wonderful stretch of my grey matter today.
I was so impressed with this puzzle and had numerous clues that I thought were so cleverly ctafted. I especially enjoyed 11a, 5d, 7d, 16d, 21d and 24d.
Thanks as always David.
Unfortunately I’ll miss next week’s so cheers until the week after.
ALL of which I am missing Joy, well done again. You are obviously very adept at this “Sport”. Now hoping Clue Hints will supply some inspiration.
Virtually all right side is a blank.
Another good one David, thank you. 20a took me back, haven’t heard that word usage for years.
A great puzzle today, but once again no congrats though everything parses just perfectly. Re-entered on another device but still no good, so I wonder what it is this time!
All’s ok – I’d transposed the p and d in 23a.
Loved the cheeky 24d and so many other misdirections. Top stuff, David!
Hi Richard.
Hoping your blanks are now highly populated!
Yes Joy in the fullness of time & you have listed ALL my Picks of the Week above.
I also endorse the selections below (some duplicated) by Arthur & Greg.
Special mention for the very cheeky 15a. Take a bow David.
Many challenges in this one which kept me puzzled over several sittings.
I could not believe I was right with 15a, and wasted much time looking for the trick.
I needed the clue hints for 25a 13d and 14d and I had the definition at the wrong end of 16dand 21d.
Joy has already nominated my choices for the most enjoyable clues.
Onya David
I knocked this one off in under 90 minutes. That’s what happens when I tackle it before dinner and the accompanying beverage.
This was up there with David’s best, fun-wise. There were a few absolute rippers:
1a: “ill-gotten gains”
9a, 1d: great definitions
15a: my clue of the week
23a: of course
24d: “nut products”; “Roman times”