THE SUN TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD BOOK 1: 80 two-in-one cryptic and coffee time crosswords (The Sun Puzzle Books)

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This would be because “fish round” would be “cod” with the letters reversed round the other way. Cryptic definitions With cryptic definitions, these consist of just a definition and are phrased to be deliberately confusing. Your next step is to look at “relative” and “Highland dance and showing off” to get the final answer of “flaunting”, containing “aunt” for “relative” and “flaunting” for “showing off”. Deletions Typically “hidden” indicator words are used, such as “buried in”, “concealed” or even “in” and “from”.

For example, in the cryptic crossword “Relative entering Highland dance and showing off (9)” you know the inner word needs to go within the outer word due to “entering”. For example, in the cryptic crossword “Do legal owners free birds? (4-5,4)”, “free” would be the indicator word alerting you to the fact it is an anagram puzzle. For example, in the cryptic crossword “Physician brings fish round (3)”, the answer would be “doc”.If the inner word needs to go within the outer word (Content), look for indicator words such as “within”, “filling”, or “entering”.

Another type is Charades, which is when a word or phrase is broke up into separate parts, as in a game of Charades. For example, in the cryptic crossword “Beheaded celebrity is sailor (3)”, the word “beheaded” mean that a word loses its first letter. Then you scan the letters for a word fitting the phrase, and the answer is “north”, found hidden between Pakista n or Thailand. HomophonesFor example, in the cryptic crossword “Weapon used by many a Round Table knight (8)”, the answer would be “Lancelot”. The indicator word comes next to the phrase that is anagram fodder and needs its letters reshuffling. These puzzles are indicated by a hint word such as “muddled”, “strange”, “wild” or “drunk” – so look out for these words. For example, in the cryptic crossword “Narrow channel – not winding, we hear (6)”, the answer would be “strait”.