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A dictionary of words and phrases often encountered in cryptic crossword clues - words that may mean something more, or something other, than is indicated by their surface meaning.
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the removal of a final letter.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter E.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter E.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter E.
(See NATO Phonetic Alphabet).
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter E.
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the removal of first and last letters.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter E.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter I.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters XI.
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters USE.
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the removal of one or more central letters from a word.
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the removal of one or more central letters from a word.
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the final letter of a word, for example:
End of April = L |
End of term = M |
Land's End = D |
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the removal of a final letter.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter E.
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters RE (Royal Engineers).
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter E or the letters ENG.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter E or the letters ENG.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters TRY.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters ELIA or LAMB.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the removal of one or more central letters from a word.
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the selection of alternate letters from a word.
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the omission of alternate letters from a word.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters ALL.
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the selection of alternate letters from a word.
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the selection of alternate letters from a word.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters ALL.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters SIN.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter O or the letters AH or OH etc..
Possibly a hidden word indicator.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters BE or ARE.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters IS.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters ACE.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
Possibly a hidden word indicator.
Possibly an anagram indicator.
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the first and letters of a word, for example:
Extremely rude = RE |
Extremely silly = SY |
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter E.
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