Minute Cryptic offers a daily dose of delightful wordplay with a single cryptic crossword clue. Unlike regular crosswords, cryptic clues have two parts: a straightforward definition and a second meaning hidden through clever wordplay. Your challenge is to decipher both layers to find the answer that fits the grid.
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“Downright ditching me!” Housemate moves into vacant sublet? Minute Cryptic Answer
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The Answer is… SOUTHEAST
Helpful Hints
- This clue's indicators are 'ditching', 'moves', 'into', and 'vacant'. One of these is an anagram indicator suggesting we'll need to shift some neighbouring letters around. Another is a containing indicator - we'll be putting some fodder inside some other fodder. The other two are different kinds of deletion indicator - one tells us to delete some fodder from other fodder and the second tells us to delete letters from a neighbouring word by their position.
- This clue's fodder is 'me', 'Housemate' and 'sublet'. We'll use these letters (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
- Our definition here is 'Downright', and the question mark on the end of the clue is a little hint that our definition might be slightly loose or punny. Our answer will mean downright, in a manner of speaking...
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