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Cryptic Crossword Dictionary : W
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.
WALES
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WANDER
1. Possibly an anagram indicator.
2. Possibly a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters ERR.
WANDERING
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WARPED
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WATT
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WAYWARD
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WEAVE
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WEAVING
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WED
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WEDNESDAY
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W or the letters WED.
WEEK
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WEEKEND
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter K.
WEIGHT
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W or a unit of weight: OZ, LB, DRAM, TON, etc.
WEIRD
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WELSH
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WELSHMAN
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters DAI.
WEST
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WESTBOUND
Possibly a reversal indicator.
WESTERN
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WEST INDIES
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters WI.
WHISKEY
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
(See NATO Phonetic Alphabet).
- Sample clue:
- Warren gives donkey whiskey (6)
WICKET
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WIDE
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WIDTH
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WIFE
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WILD
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WILDER
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WILDLY
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WINGLESS
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the removal of first and last letters.
WINGS
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the first and letters of a word.
- Sample clues:
- A bird regrets losing its wings (5)
- A bird with extended wings is not natural (7)
WINGTIP
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter G.
WITH
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WITHIN
1. Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
- Sample clues:
- Flower is found within 24 hours (5)
- Cook fish within, without compulsion (6)
2. Possibly a hidden word indicator.
- Sample clues:
- Arab state within Romania (4)
- Within a week I lost weight (4)
WITHOUT
Possibly, meaning 'outside', a container-and-contents indicator.
WITHOUT END
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the removal of a final letter.
WITHOUT LIMITS
Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the removal of first and last letters.
WIZARD PLACE
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters OZ.
WOLFRAM
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WOMAN
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters HER or SHE.
WON
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.
WORK
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W or the letters OP.
WORKED
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WORKER
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters ANT or BEE.
WORKING
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WORRIED
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WOUND
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WOVEN
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WRAP
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
- Sample clue:
- Boy not beginning to wrap a range of items(5)
WRAPPED
1. Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
2. Possibly a hidden word indicator.
- Sample clue:
- Little bird wrapped in a scarf in church(5)
WRAPPING
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
WRAPS
Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.
WRATH
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters IRE.
WRECKED
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WRITE
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters PEN.
WRITER
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters PEN.
WRITHING
Possibly an anagram indicator.
WRITING
May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters MS (manuscript).
WRITTEN UP
Possibly a reversal indicator (in a Down clue).
WRONG
1. Possibly an anagram indicator.
- Sample clues:
- Animal doing wrong (5)
- Trainee given many a wrong date (5)
2. May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter X or the letters SIN or TORT.
- Sample clue:
- Wrong revolution for Communist (4)
WRONGLY
Possibly an anagram indicator.
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