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Every clue hides a word.
One part defines it; the rest builds it with wordplay. Find both, and solve as many as you like — no daily limit, no sign-up.
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Cheater reformed as an educator (7)
- Definition. "an educator" tells you what to look for.
- Indicator. "reformed" says to rearrange CHEATER.
CHEATER
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How to solve one
Three ideas are enough to start.
Find the definition
It sits at the start or the end of the clue — a plain definition, like a dictionary entry.
Read the wordplay
The rest of the clue builds the same answer: an anagram, a hidden word, a reversal…
Count the letters
The number in brackets is the length. When both halves agree, you have it.
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Try one now
No sign-up. Type the answer and check it; if you get stuck, take the hint.
Partly honest home for birds (4)
Hint
Look at the letters of "honest".
See the solution
NEST
- "home for birds" is the definition.
- "Partly" says the answer is hidden inside the clue.
- hoNEST → NEST.
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Devices
Every clue uses one or more. Pick one to practise it in the archive.
- Anagram6 cluesRearrange the letters of one or more words.
- Hidden word3 cluesThe answer is spelt out inside the clue.
- Reversal4 cluesA word is read backwards.
- Container3 cluesOne piece goes inside another.
- Deletion3 cluesLetters are removed from a word.
- Charade7 cluesThe answer is built from pieces.
- Homophone5 cluesThe answer sounds like another word.
- Double definition5 cluesTwo definitions of the same word.
- Initial letters1 clueTake the first letters of several words.