![]() ![]() Other phrases to look out for are ones that ask you to look inside another part of the clue, like this from the Sunday Telegraph:ģd What's in Latin sign, if I can translate, is of no importance (13) Don't trust "from" and "some" to indicate a hiding answer. Surely they usually mean something else?" You'd be right. "Right," you might be saying, "'from' and 'some' are very common words. "From" is another familiar indicator of a hiding answer, like this from Falcon in last week's FT:įrom "Blis s on a tape", you find SONATA. some" for more get-togethers: HOUSE PARTIES. where you're looking for "not all" of "w ho use part – i.e. ġ1ac Guests in the country who use part – i.e. Of course, "some" might be one of the words hiding the answer, so beware - as with this from the Sunday Telegraph. Some of "for get to get here" is the gathering, GET-TOGETHER. Here's "some" again, in the Times Jumbo:ĥ0ac Some forget to get here for gathering (3-8) Some of "bicyc le chains" is LECH - one lewdly desiring. Quite often, it's "some", as used by Puck in yesterday's Guardian:ġ1d One lewdly desiring some bicycle chains (4) It would save time if the indicator were always "as seen in", or, better still, "hidden inside the phrase preceding or following". Extra cunning points for using "miserably", which tempts the solver to think of it as an indicator of an anagram.Īnd that's how hidden answers roll. ![]() You can see, in "ja b, reach of pro miserably" the answer, BREACH OF PROMISE - failing to meet expectations. The setter is trying to make you think about boxing, but the giveaway is the phrase "As seen in". Here's a 15-letter example from the Times Jumbo:Ģ0a As seen in jab, reach of pro miserably failing to meet expectations? (6,2,7) The clue will probably have the usual three elements: a definition at the start or the end, an indicator that the answer is hiding, and next to that a word or string of words in which you can find the answer. It's there, in plain sight, but like a bloke in a hi-vis jacket, you just don't notice it unless you're looking. You as the solver have got the answer literally typed out in front of you, and your job is merely to write the same letters in the same order into the grid.Īnd so the pleasure for setter and solver lies in how it's hidden. In the examples that follow, the answer is hidden in the clue itself. The name's not important, by the way I don't look at a clue and say "Oh, look - a reverse hidden". We start with hidden answers, because they're my favourite device and because they're entertaining and easy to get your head round. ![]()
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