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Cryptic Crossword Dictionary : K
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.
KEEP ---ING
KEEP followed by a present participle may indicate the addition of ON to a word. For example:
| Keep performing = ACTON |
| Keep pulling = DRAGON |
| Keep running away = BOLTON |
KELVIN
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter K.
KEY
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter A or B or C or D or E or F or G.
KICK-START
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter K.
KILO
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter K.
(See NATO Phonetic Alphabet).
KIND OF
Possibly an anagram indicator.
KING
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter K or R or the letters CR, ER, GR or REX.
KING CHARLES
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters CR.
KING EDWARD
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters ER.
KING GEORGE
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters GR.
KINKY
Possibly an anagram indicator.
KISS
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter X or the letters BUSS
KNIGHT
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter N or the letters KN (as in chess notation).
KNOCK
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters RAP.
KNOCKOUT
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters KO.
KNOTTED
Possibly an anagram indicator.
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