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

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For example, in the cryptic crossword “Beheaded celebrity is sailor (3)”, the word “beheaded” mean that a word loses its first letter.

In this case, “Do legal owners” is the anagram fodder, “birds” is the definition hint, so the answer is “Long-eared owls”. Charades Homophones are pairs of words or phrases that have indicators referring to sound, like “so we hear” or “it’s said” or “speech”. With cryptic definitions, these consist of just a definition and are phrased to be deliberately confusing. 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.

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. These puzzles are indicated by a hint word such as “muddled”, “strange”, “wild” or “drunk” – so look out for these words. 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

This would be made from the “weapon” being a lance, and the Round Table knight would make this Lancelot. Containers and Contents For example, in the cryptic crossword “Narrow channel – not winding, we hear (6)”, the answer would be “strait”. This would be because “fish round” would be “cod” with the letters reversed round the other way. Cryptic definitions Then you scan the letters for a word fitting the phrase, and the answer is “north”, found hidden between Pakista n or Thailand. HomophonesAnother type is Charades, which is when a word or phrase is broke up into separate parts, as in a game of Charades. If the inner word needs to go within the outer word (Content), look for indicator words such as “within”, “filling”, or “entering”.

Your next step is to look at “relative” and “Highland dance and showing off” to get the final answer of “flaunting”, containing “aunt” for “relative” and “flaunting” for “showing off”. Deletions Typically “hidden” indicator words are used, such as “buried in”, “concealed” or even “in” and “from”. For example, in the cryptic crossword “Do legal owners free birds? (4-5,4)”, “free” would be the indicator word alerting you to the fact it is an anagram puzzle. For example, in the cryptic crossword “Weapon used by many a Round Table knight (8)”, the answer would be “Lancelot”.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”. 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