Q. What kind of animal is a tarantula?

Dear model left in snug (6)

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Dear
model left in snug (6)

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.

dear
definition
(model)
letter
(left)
letter
[in]
inside
snug

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

C __ S __ L __

Similar to a real cryptic crossword, this hint shows you checked (intersecting) letters with other clues that have already been solved.

costly

Having a high price

This is the solution to the cryptic crossword clue : Dear model left in snug (6). 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.

dear
definition
COSTLY
(model)
letter
T
(left)
letter
L
[in]
inside
snug
COSY

Dear (costly) is given by model (T) + left (L) inside [in] snug (COSY)

The Model T was an automobile built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927.

COS(TL)Y

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