Have I got you hooked on cryptic crosswords yet?? No, well I’ll try again.
Making a mistake about a piece of jewellery
So the solution is a type of jewellery. If you take a wording meaning “making a mistake” and put it around “a” which is what the clue hints at you get “earring” which is “erring” around “a”. Simple eh?
And another:
Long period of time before end of depression
The solution is actually easy. The tricky part is dividing the clue into the correct 2 parts. Once you realize that the first part is “long” by itself, you see that a word for a period of time will be part of the answer with the last letter being the last letter in “depression” – ie the end of it. So we get “yearn” being year + n.
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It's so interesting to see you work these out, and I totally understand them *after* you've explained them. But, I can't seem to find the starting points on my own yet.
ReplyDeleteThanks for providing these examples. I'm keep reading until it 'clicks' for me! :)
What a great comment. So glad you are enjoying them.
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