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CrypticWordPuzzles

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Having fun with cryptic word clues - like in a crossword, but without the griddy bits. So it's quicker, but still soooo satisfying. Brainfood for the brainy!

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Today's solution: Arrange ('A' [from the clue] + initial letter of 'ripe' + orange [fruit] without first letter) We hope you got that, and have had a go at the five clues for today on crypticworduzzles.com. They all have solutions which can mean 'arrange' in different ways.
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Today's clue: Sort a ripe (initially, at least) fruit, having cut its crown off (7) Can you solve that? If you can, its solution is also the theme for today on crypticwordpuzzles.com. You'll find five more clues on that site; each has solution which can be related to this word
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Today's solutions on crypticwordpuzzles.com can all mean 'strict': *harsh*, *inflexible*, *precise* (as in a 'precise' interpretation is a 'strict' interpretation), *austere* and *draconian*
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Today's solution: Strict (It's the first 'bit' of society = 's' + duped = 'tri???d' - needed a homophone of that) We hope you got that, and are ready to find the five other words we've clued on crypticwordpuzzles.com today - they all have solutions which can mean 'strict'
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Today's clue: Unyielding bit of society duped, we hear (6) Can you solve that, and find the theme for today on crypticwordpuzzles.com? There are five more clues on that site today, each with a solution which can relate to this word. Can you solve them all? Good luck!
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All today's solutions can go before or after the word 'carrier' to make a new phrase - a 'carrier' *bag*; a 'carrier' *pigeon*; an *aircraft* 'carrier'; a 'carrier' *wave* and *people* 'carrier'
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Today's solution: Carrier (It's 'arr' [abbrev of 'arrival'] inside 'rier' ['rider' without its middle/heart]) We hope you got that, and are ready to try the five clues for today on crypticwordpuzzles.com. They each lead to a solution which can mean be related to this word
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Today's clue: Airline arrival that is in credit (7) Can you solve that? If you can, the solution is also the theme for today on crypticwordpuzzles.com. There are five more clues on that site - can you find them and work out how their solutions are related to this word?
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All today's solutions can be halls - *Annie* Hall is a Woody Allen film; the *Albert* Hall is in London; a *Great* Hall is found in medieval castles; a hall[way] can be a *passage* between rooms; a *vestibule* is an entrance hall
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Today's solution: Hall (It's the words "have it all" without (veita - an anagram of 'Evita') We hope you got that - but have you also solved the five clues on crypticwordpuzzles.com today? Remember - they all have solutions which can be associated with the word 'hall'
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Today's clue: Have it all, when Evita's unfortunately removed, in the Assembly Room (4) Can you solve that? If you can, that word is also today's theme on crypticwordpuzzles.com. There are five more clues on that site each with a solution which can be associated with this word
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Today's solutions - *comedies*, *tragedies*, *histories*, *romances* and *problem play* - are all types of Shakespearean play. The first three are the traditional categories; the latter two are more recent
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Today's solution: Dramatic categories (It's an anagram of "Come, stare at acid rig") Don't forget that the solution to that clue is also the theme for today on crypticwordpuzzles.com - the clues there lead to five categories into which Shakespeare's plays are sometimes cast
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Today's clue: Come, stare at acid rig to work out how you'd classify the works of Shakespeare (8,10) The solution to that clue is also the theme which unites the solutions to the five clues for today on crypticwordpuzzles.com. Can you solve all of them, too?
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Today's solutions are all boats - a *tender*, a *jug* (eg, a gravy boat), a *raft*, a *barge* and a *launch*
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Today's solution: Boat (It's 'afloat' with its first letter changed A to B; remove abbrev of 'Florida'. defn = "what's afloat") We hope you solved that, and have tried the five clues for today on crypticwordpuzzles.com. Those clues all have solutions which are types of boat.
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Today's clue: What's afloat, going A to B to start with when leaving Florida (4) Can you solve that, and maybe find the theme which unites today's clues on crypticwordpuzzles.com? There are five more cryptic clues on that site; their solutions are all related to this word
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All today's solutions can mean 'lay' - *inexpert* (non-ordained/non-professional); a *song* is archaically a 'lay'; I 'lay' on my bed means I *reclined* on it; to *produce* an egg is to 'lay' it; *ascribe* is to 'lay' (a problem, say) at your door
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Today's solution: Lay (It's the first letters of 'Light', 'albumen' and 'yolk') We hope you got that, and have tried the five clues for today on crypticwordpuzzles.com. They all lead to solutions which mean 'lay' Nb - this may seem to be posted early due to BST starting
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Today's clue: Light albumen and yolk are initialis(z)ed when you manufacture an egg (3) Can you solve that? If you can, the solution is the theme for today on crypticwordpuzzles.com. There are five clues on that site, which can all lead to solutions which relate to this word
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