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 “Narrow channel – not winding, we hear (6)”, the answer would be “strait”. Typically “hidden” indicator words are used, such as “buried in”, “concealed” or even “in” and “from”.

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 wordsThese puzzles are indicated by a hint word such as “muddled”, “strange”, “wild” or “drunk” – so look out for these words. This would be made from the “weapon” being a lance, and the Round Table knight would make this Lancelot. Containers and Contents However, with this new category, you have to wrap the outer word around the inner word (Container) or you have to put the inner word within the outer word (Content).

Then you scan the letters for a word fitting the phrase, and the answer is “north”, found hidden between Pakista n or Thailand. HomophonesIn 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”. 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

The indicator word comes next to the phrase that is anagram fodder and needs its letters reshuffling. If the inner word needs to go within the outer word (Content), look for indicator words such as “within”, “filling”, or “entering”. With cryptic definitions, these consist of just a definition and are phrased to be deliberately confusing. 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”. Another type is Charades, which is when a word or phrase is broke up into separate parts, as in a game of Charades.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

If the word is inside or around the cryptic indicator (Container), look out for indicator words such as “holding”, “surrounding,” or “swallowing.” 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 “Pole coming from Pakistan or Thailand (5)” you can tell it is a hidden word, due to “from” being in the phrase. 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. For example, in the cryptic crossword “Physician brings fish round (3)”, the answer would be “doc”.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 “Beheaded celebrity is sailor (3)”, the word “beheaded” mean that a word loses its first letter.