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revealer

noun

Etymology

From Middle English revelare, equivalent to reveal + -er.

  1. inherited from revelare

Definitions

  1. A person or thing that reveals.

    • Whether "The Doctor" be written by Southey or not, let revealers of mysteries determine; it is certainly written by one who strongly resembles him, perhaps too strongly to be other than himself.

  2. An entry in a crossword that guides the solver towards the theme or endgame.

    • Next (and my favorite) is Blank Space , four corner rebus squares reading "blank" for the down answers and "space" for the acrosses, mirroring the central revealers
    • Though experienced solvers will likely see where this is going , others might need the help of the revealer
    • The theme launches off a main revealer entry at 93-Across. There are four clues that refer to that entry, at 39-, 65-, 104- and 108-Across. When solved, 93-Across will also make the grid art snap into focus.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for revealer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA