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Cryptic Crossword Dictionary : R

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.

RACES

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters TT.

RADIUS

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R.

RAGGED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

RAILHEAD

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R.

RAILWAY

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters RY.

Old railwayMay be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters LMS or LNER.

RAISED

Possibly a reversal indicator (in a Down clue).

RAISING

Possibly a reversal indicator (in a Down clue).

RAMBLING

Possibly an anagram indicator.

RANDOM

Possibly an anagram indicator.

RANDOMLY

Possibly an anagram indicator.

RAT'S TAIL

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter T.

RAW BEGINNER

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R.

RAW EDGE

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

REBEL LEADER

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R.

RECIPE

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R.

RECOLLECTED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

RECORD

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters LOG or EP or LP or TAPE.

RECTIFIED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

REDCAP

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters MP.

REDHEAD

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R.

REELING

Possibly an anagram indicator.

REELS

Possibly an anagram indicator.

REFORM

Possibly an anagram indicator.

REFORMED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

REFUSAL

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters NO or NAY.

French refusal may indicate NON; German refusal may indicate NEIN.

REGARD

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters EYE.

REGINA

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R.

REGULATED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

REPAIR

1. Possibly a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters GO.

2. Possibly an anagram indicator.

REPAIRED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

REPLACED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

REPORTED

Possibly a homophone indicator.

REPORTEDLY

Possibly a homophone indicator.

REPORTERS

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters PRESS.

RESISTANCE

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R.

RESORT

1. Possibly an anagram indicator.

2. Possibly a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters SPA.

RESTRAIN

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters REIN.

RETREAT

1. Possibly a reversal indicator.

2. Possibly a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters DEN.

RETREATING

Possibly a reversal indicator.

RETROGRADE

Possibly a reversal indicator.

RETROSPECTIVE

Possibly a reversal indicator.

REVERSE

Possibly a reversal indicator.

REVERSED

Possibly a reversal indicator.

REVIEW

Possibly an anagram indicator.

REVIEWED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

REVOLTING

Possibly an anagram indicator.

REVOLUTIONARY

1. Possibly a bits-and-pieces indicator for CHE or RED or perhaps TROT.

Sample clues:: Cigars with revolutionary origins (8); Prison revolutionary is aroused (7)

2. Possibly an anagram indicator.

Sample clues:: A good person isn't a revolutionary (5); Reds die, but revolutionary lived (7); Informer bores well with revolutionary (7-6)

3. Possibly a reversal indicator.

Sample clues:: It's a revolutionary wine (4); Be revolutionary in estimates and discounts (7)

REX

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R.

RIGGED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

RIGHT

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R or the letters LIEN.

RING

1. Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.

2. Possibly a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter O.

RINGED

Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.

RINGING

Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.

RINGS

Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.

RIOT

Possibly an anagram indicator.

RIOTING

Possibly an anagram indicator.

RIOTOUS

Possibly an anagram indicator.

RISING

Possibly a reversal indicator (in a Down clue).

RIVER

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R.

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the name (usually short) of a river - frequently DEE, DON or EXE.

(For other names of rivers, see Rivers of the British Isles and Rivers of the World.)

ROAD

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters RD.

ROCK

Possibly an anagram indicator.

ROCKING

Possibly an anagram indicator.

ROCKY

Possibly an anagram indicator.

ROMAN CATHOLIC

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters RC.

ROMANIA

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters RO.

(See International Vehicle Registrations).

ROMEO

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R.

(See NATO Phonetic Alphabet).

Sample clue:: Romeo gets colleague to perk up (5)

ROOK

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter R.

ROTTEN

Possibly an anagram indicator.

ROUGH

Possibly an anagram indicator.

ROUGHLY

Possibly an anagram indicator.

ROUND

1. Possibly an anagram indicator.

Sample clues:: Callas going round to a famous opera house (2,5); Getting bail, turn round in court (8); Take a cap round for a child's game (3-1-4)

2. Possibly a reversal indicator.