Q. What was the name of the first spacecraft to visit Pluto?

Without notice, alter fitting (4)

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Without notice, alter
fitting
(4)

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.

[Without]
delete letter(s)
(notice)
letter group
alter
fitting
definition

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

J __ S __

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just

Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

This is the solution to the cryptic crossword clue : Without notice, alter fitting (4). Look below for an explanation to help you as the cryptic crossword solver understand it.

This is the explanation to the solution to the clue to help you understand how the answer was arrived at.

[Without]
delete letter(s)
(notice)
letter group
AD
alter
ADJUST
fitting
definition
JUST

By removing [without] the letters AD [notice] from a synonym for [alter] ADJUST you are left with JUST [fitting]

Just is used in the sense of a just or fitting punishment

ADJUST -> JUST

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