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Cryptic Crossword Dictionary : Y

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.


YANKEE

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

(See NATO Phonetic Alphabet).

Sample clue:
Crazy game taken up by Yankee (5)

YARD

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter Y or the letters YD.


YEAR

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter Y or the letters YR.


YEN

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


YOU

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter YE or THEE or THOU.


YOU AND I

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


YOU AND ME

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


YOUNGSTER

Possibly a bits-and-pieces indicator for KID or LAD or CUB or PUP.

Sample clues:
Support for youngster (4,2)
Youngster seen by an islander (5)
Leather produced by youngster's family (7)

YOUTH CENTRE

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


YOUTH LEADER

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


YTTRIUM

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


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