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Clued In #293 | Dwell on the clue till you find peace Mihir Balantrapu  |  26 April 2021 Hey there, and welcome back to Clued In! Sometimes, your mind can feel like its hemmed in from all sides by the stresses of the day, the worries of the future, and regrets about the past. Here’s where a crossword puzzle can come in handy. It can remind you that your mind is an independent island, a safe haven of solitude where you can dwell on the clue till you find peace.   CLUE: One small lake primar...

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Clued In #289 | Let there be light, She declared simply Mihir Balantrapu  |  20 April 2021 Hey there, and welcome back to Clued In! Some clues look very simple. The simpler the clue is on the surface, the harder you can bet the setter has worked on thinking up the cryptic side of it. Effortlessness is often an outward symptom of great inner struggle.   CLUE: Dark one has left (5) Clue types: containment, abbreviation Another word for ‘one’ could be UNIT. An abbreviation for ‘left’ is...

Clued In #287 | Empty your mind, spend some time, go places! Mihir Balantrapu  |  18 April 2021 Hey there, and welcome back to Clued In! It doesn’t matter if you don’t know where the answer lies. Most times, if you empty your mind and spend some time with the riddle, you begin to see its contours and openings, which will themselves automatically lead you to your question and to its answer!   Clue types: letter-pick, containment, anagram, definition by example Definition: caravan, perhaps...

Clued In #285 | End of a chapter, grids and clues left behind Mihir Balantrapu  |  14 April 2021 Hey there, and welcome back to Clued In.   CLUE: Instructor leaves chapter? Not appropriate! (7) Clue type: deletion An example of ‘leaves’ could be TEA. Another word for ‘appropriate’ is APT. ‘Not’ is a deletion indicator telling us to remove APT from ‘chapter’ and be left with CHER. And altogether, we have spelled TEACHER, our 7-letter word for ‘instructor’. A teacher is som...

Clued In #284 | Maybe cryptic clues aren’t so cryptic! Mihir Balantrapu  |  13 April 2021 Hey there, and welcome back to Clued In! Here‘s an example of an ‘definition by example’ clue. Perhaps you will like it.   CLUE: Man, perhaps, leaving a passage? (4) Clue type: deletion, definition by example Definition: Man, perhaps We need a simple 4-letter word here. And it‘s a ‘Man, perhaps’. Another word for ‘passage’ is AISLE. ‘Leaving a’ is an indicator telling us to delete ...

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Clued In #278 | Mine the clue for this ore that gem Mihir Balantrapu  |  05 April 2021 Hey there, and welcome back to Clued In! Not always will you be able to clearly identify the definiition from the most likely word or phrase in the clue. Some cryptic clues like to make you dig deeper and work harder than usual by couching the definition in a less obvious set of words.   CLUE: Wish a foreign student — one from East Africa (7) Clue type: anagram, abbreviation We need a 7-letter word that ...

Clued In #277 | I am dear to myself as every man is to themselves Mihir Balantrapu  |  04 April 2021 Hey there, and welcome back to Clued In! Here’s some more Everyman to start the week with. What’s in a name, you ask? Well, in cryptic crosswords, it can help you get the scent and kickstart your hunt for the answer! Check out what we mean in the following clue...   Clue type: self-referential, insertion We need a 7-letter word for ‘group of antelopes’. When Everyman, the setter of th...