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Every cryptic clue has two layers: There’s the content of the clue itself, and then there’s a part of the clue that tells you how to solve it.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2021
Often, a cryptic clue will have more than one type of wordplay: using a reversal as part of an assemblage, or an anagram in a container.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 26, 2019
Call on a relative or a friend, pace around the room, but stick with it: wringing sense out of even one cryptic clue is deeply gratifying, and just might leave you wanting seconds.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 26, 2019
I wasn’t going to wait for Bat Lady to fly down and leave me another cryptic clue.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
