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PLEASE (52A: Request that might be "pretty") The quotation marks around the word pretty in the clue indicate that the word itself can be paired with the answer. In this case that results in the ...
The word DOWN in the title is a clue for solvers that the theme answers will be vertical, as well as an indicator to look at the bottom (DOWN-most) part of the theme answers.
With the help of crossing answers I finally figured out the clue was referring to emcees' opening words in a more general way. KEA (51A: Mauna ___ (Hawaiian peak)) Mauna KEA is one of five ...
DROPPING HINTS: The word HINT is seen DROPPING in each vertical theme answer: HIGH INTENSITY, CRASH INTO ME, and CATCH IN THE ACT. The title of today's puzzle is DROPPING a HINT that the theme is ...
As I have previously noted, when a clue includes a question mark at the end, but the clue is not a quotation, the question mark is an indication to solvers that there is some sort of word play ...
Cryptic crossword clues consist typically of a definition and some type of word play. Cryptic crossword clues need to be viewed two ways. One is a surface reading and one a hidden meaning. [28] The surface reading is the basic reading of the clue to look for key words and how those words are constructed in the clue. The second way is the hidden ...
Techniques that involve semantics and the choosing of words. Anglish: a writing using exclusively words of Germanic origin; Auto-antonym: a word that contains opposite meanings; Autogram: a sentence that provide an inventory of its own characters; Irony; Malapropism: incorrect usage of a word by substituting a similar-sounding word with ...
As the clue informs us, the TOP – a toy that dates back at least 5,000 years – was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2022. The TOP's fellow inductees in 2022 were Lite-Brite and ...