This type of index is common in British and Canadian crypts, but is somewhat less common in American crypts; in American crossword puzzles, an index like this is generally considered a punny clue. This is almost certainly the oldest type of cryptic index: cryptic definitions appeared in the enigmas of British newspapers in the late 1920s and early 1930s, which mixed cryptic and clear terms and became completely cryptic crossword puzzles. That`s a clue to TRAGICAL. This breaks down in the following way. Here, the composer intends to be the answer „Derby,“ with „a“ definition, „could“ be the anagram indicator, and „be dry“ the anagram lining. „Derby“ is an anagram of „be dry.“ But „be“ does double duty, which means that any attempt to enigmatically read the word „[definition] [anagram indicator] [fodder]“ fails: if „be“ is part of the anagram indicator, then the lining is too short, but if it is part of the forage, there is no anagram; to give a correct indication, it should be „a maybe dry (5)“ which is not grammatical. A variant could read hat is dry (5), but this also fails because the word „to,“ which is necessary to render the sentence grammatical, follows the indicator („reveals itself“), although it is not specified in the anagram. If the crossword contains a non-English word or a non-English language, the indication indicates it, either including a word or phrase in the same language, or by linking the answer to a place where that language is spoken, or by a person who could speak it. In most of the pieces, foreign words or phrases contained in the puzzles, these are very common words that most people will know, provided they observe in their language classes in high school. The solution word or phrase and spoonerism are included, and the type of reference is almost always indicated by reference to Spooner himself – some regions/publications insisting on the inclusion of his religious title „Rev.“ or „Reverend.“ Unlike all other types of clues, it is almost impossible to hide them. But that doesn`t necessarily make them easy. Some cryptologists in Bletchley Park were selected after being well received in a crossword contest.

[38] If a review has only two words, it is most likely used with the double definition recipe, which allows you to get two synonyms for the answer. In both cases, the answer would be THE LIVE. But the first would lead to the name book, this object bound with pages, while the second is the word for the verb BOOK, because „making reservations“ is a sign of verb.