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This hint shows straight definition and cryptic wordplay parts and helps you as the solver to understand how the clue is constructed. There may be only straight definitions if the clue is a multiple definition type, or cryptic wordplays if the clue is a cryptic definition type, where the clue is usually a play on words, puns, or uses misleading homonyms in its surface reading.
This hint breaks down the clue further showing the different cryptic indicators used and which parts they act upon within the clue. Various things are indicated as follows:
Link Word Synonym Example of Type of Anagrammed Hidden Selection Homophone Reversed
M __ N __ O __
Similar to a real cryptic crossword, this hint shows you checked (intersecting) letters with other clues that have already been solved.
minnow
Very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
This is the solution to the cryptic crossword clue : Fish bar cut sandwiches (6). Look below for an explanation to help you as the cryptic crossword solver understand it.
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A [bar] is a common name for a pub or INN in the UK. [Cut] is a synonym for MOW which [sandwiches] goes around/outside the rest of the wordplay to give a type of fish.
M(INN)OW
Independent 10800 Radian
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