CrypticWordPuzzles

Having fun with cryptic word clues - like in a crossword, but without the griddy bits. So it's quicker, but still soooo satisfying. Brainfood for the brainy!

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Today's clue:

Trumpet that's paid for with birthright (8)

Can you solve that? If you can, the solution is also the theme for today on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH. There are five more clues on that site, all leading to solutions which can share this theme. Can you find them all?

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Today's solutions - *glass*, *cardboard*, *plastic*, *food* and *electronics* are all things which you can 'recycle'

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Solution to today's clue:

Recycle

(To go by bike is to 'cycle'; again = 're-')

We hope you got that, and have tried to solve the clues for today on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH - they are all connected with 'recycle' in a particular way.

[Yes, 're-cycle' could also be hyphenated]

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Today's clue:

Go by bike again to salvage something (7)

Can you solve that? If you can, the solution is also the theme for today on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH. There are five more clues on that site; they all have solutions which are linked via this word in a certain way. But how?

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All today's solutions - *stony*, *Newtonian*, *autonomous*, *detonator* and *plankton* - contain the word 'ton'

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Today's solution:

Ton

(It's the first letters of 'The' 'One' and 'Knows')

We hope you solved that, and have had a go at solving the five clues for today on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH. They all share something in common, based around the word 'ton'. Can you work out what and how?

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Today's clue:

The One knows, initially, a heavy thing (3)

Can you solve that? If you can, the solution is also the theme for today on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH. There are five more clues on that site, all leading to solutions which have today's solution in common.

Happy solving!

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A university *course* is sometimes considered synonymous with a 'degree' ("What course/degree are you doing?"); a *step* was a 'degree' (archaic); to a 'degree' = to an *extent*; murder in the first 'degree' = measure of *gravity*; a 'degree' of temperature = a *unit* thereof

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Today's solution:

Degree

(There are 360 degrees in a round thing [ie, a circle]; a degree is a measure of difference)

We hope you got that, and have tried the five clues for today on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH. They all lead to solutions which have a connection with 'degree'

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Today's clue:

Measure one in a round 360 (6)

Can you solve that clue? If you can, the solution is also the theme for today on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH. There are five more clues on that site today, each with a solution which can be related to this word. Can you solve them all?

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Today's solutions can all mean 'jaws'. If someone *rabbits* - talks to much - he/she 'jaws' ; a *mouth* is a creature's 'jaws'; *pincers* are a tool's 'jaws'; if someone *scolds*, he/she 'jaws'; *mandibles* are 'jaw' bones/jaws

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Today's solution:

Jaws

(It's the first letters of 'Justify All White Sharks')

We hope you got that, and have tried the five clues for today on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH. Those clues all lead to solutions which can mean 'jaws'.

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Today's clue:

Film is first to justify all white sharks (4)

Can you solve that? If you can, the solution is also the theme for today on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH. There are five more clues on that site; each has a solution which can be related to this word in different ways

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Today's solutions are all related to the football World Cup, which begins today with three nations hosting it: *USA* (a host nation), *Jules Rimet* (the trophy they're playing for), *Mexico* (a host nation), *final* (to be played on 18th July), *Canada* (a host nation)

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Today's solution:

World Cup

(It's an anagram of 'pul' [= almost 'pull'] and 'crowd')

The World Cup, of course, starts today - so can you also solve (or have you solved?) the five clues on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH. They relate to the football World Cup and its organisation

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Today's clue:

Almost pull crowd in diversity to this global competition (5,3)

Can you solve that clue (which, as an extra hint, is relevant for today)? If so, that theme also runs through the five solutions to the clues for today on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH. Can you solve them?

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All today's solutions - *Good morning*, *Bonjour*, *Guten tag*, *Hola* and *Ciao* - are 'greetings' in different languages

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Today's solution:

Greetings

(It's an anagram of 'get singer')

We hope you solved that, and are ready to solve the five questions for today on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH. They all have solutions which are 'greetings' - but are differentiated as explained in today's introduction

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Today's clue:

Get singer sorted as a way of opening conversation (9)

Can you solve that? If you can, its solution is also the theme word for today on https://t.co/bVXhw5W1IH. There are five more clues on that site, sharing a specific theme. Make sure you read the instructions

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Today's solutions all relate to the word 'glass'. A 'glass' *ceiling* is an artificial limit which can't be seen; a *schooner* is a drinking 'glass'; a *mirror* is a looking 'glass', etc; a *window* is usually made of 'glass'; a *barometer* was once called a 'glass'