extended definition
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A cryptic clue with both a definition and a wordplay, but in which the wordplay can also…
A cryptic clue with both a definition and a wordplay, but in which the wordplay can also be read as part of the definition.
- Pass on education, primarily, in this (7) A charade of COL (‘pass’) plus LEG (‘on’ side in cricket) plus E (‘Education, primarily’), with an extended definition.
- Cooking that’s fuss-free, requiring no bits of expensive equipment before you start (4,3) [...] As woks are fairly cheap equipment and stir-fry cooking is a fairly simple process, the whole clue is an extended definition, so a “semi-&lit”.
- I want to highlight two delightful surface readings, where the whole clue acts as an extended definition.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for extended definition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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