A good clue gives me so much joy! Lately I like finding puzzles with a well-executed clue echo. There’s a hint of nuance to this technique that makes me smile. (A clue echo is when the same clue is used twice in a puzzle. It is usually one word or a very short phrase. The a...
the letters of one or more word in the clue have to be rearranged to give the answer. They will almost always be accompanied by a word or phrase letting you know the clue is an anagram. Anything that gets across the point that the letters of the solution are jumbled up in the clue w...
This is because there arealways two ways to solve a cryptic clue: via thedefinition, a word or phrase which is asynonymorhyponymof thesolution; and via thewordplay, a device such as ananagram,reversal, or acharade. 1.Do not read the clue as a phrase; itssurface readingis almo...