Wednesday 19 February 2020

Nobel Cryptic Clue


Mention of Nobel prizes in the previous post prompts me to cite this recent clue from The Guardian:

Nobel Laureate in job, a man avoiding extremes (5)

There are around 15 distinct types of word-play in conventional cryptic crossword clues. This is an example of a “hidden clue”: take the string "job a man" and delete the extremes.

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