THE SUN TWO-SPEED CROSSWORD BOOK 1: 80 two-in-one cryptic and coffee time crosswords (The Sun Puzzle Books)

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Containers and Contents are similar to Charades as they contain words or phrases that can be broken up into separate parts one after the other. Typically “hidden” indicator words are used, such as “buried in”, “concealed” or even “in” and “from”.

For example, in the cryptic crossword “Relative entering Highland dance and showing off (9)” you know the inner word needs to go within the outer word due to “entering”. For example, in the cryptic crossword “Beheaded celebrity is sailor (3)”, the word “beheaded” mean that a word loses its first letter. For example, in the cryptic crossword “Weapon used by many a Round Table knight (8)”, the answer would be “Lancelot”. Another type is Charades, which is when a word or phrase is broke up into separate parts, as in a game of Charades.

How can I solve a cryptic crossword?

For example, in the cryptic crossword “Pole coming from Pakistan or Thailand (5)” you can tell it is a hidden word, due to “from” being in the phrase. There is a full list of them here, and can either mean removing the first letter, last letter, or a central letters, depending on which is used.

This would be because “fish round” would be “cod” with the letters reversed round the other way. Cryptic definitions For example, in the cryptic crossword “Yearn for quite a while (4)” the answer would be “long”, as it fits with both parts of the phrase. Hidden words For example, in the cryptic crossword “Physician brings fish round (3)”, the answer would be “doc”.

You then look at the other words to reach the answer “tar”, as celebrity is also known as a “star” and you “behead” the first letter. Double definitions