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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 A from AISLE to spell ISLE. And the ISLE of Man is a picturesque island in the Irish Sea!   Was the...

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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 means ‘from East Africa’. ‘Foreign’ is an anagram indicator. And the fodder for the anagram ...

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 this puzzle, refers to themselves in the clue, we need to translate it from their perspective. So, ‘...