Sentence examples for clue reading from inspiring English sources

Although she said yes, that first puzzle broke about every rule in the book save for symmetry, and I remember one clue reading: ___fy Duck from Looney Tunes.

Without it the clue reads very oddly indeed.

The less a clue reads like a clue, i.e. something that would sound odd in any other context than that of a crossword, the better, I feel.

For instance, when the first published crossword appeared on Dec. 21, 1913, in The New York World one clue read, "Fibre of the gomuti palm"— a signature example of what Mr. Newman's derides as crosswordese.

"If you can use putting help on a nearby black course, and know where to find the Winding Road that passes a scenic dump (near the Fire Service Academy) you can find there good luck shoes from horses in a Stable," the clue read.

The clue read: "This ex-Brat Packer who plays Chris Traeger on 'Parks & Rec' is 49 but literally looks better than men half his age".

Here, too, the clues read like a tracklist of a Bowie greatest hits, like this clue … 15ac Extreme evidence about Space Oddity – the one that got away (7) [ first & last letters of EVIDENCE surrounding anagram of SPACE ] … for ESCAPEE, but the surprise is an audacious hidden message around the edge of the completed grid.

Happily, there is also a decent smattering of keen-but-green amateurs like myself - it's funny how many people admit they had no clue about reading music before they volunteered.

The clue to reading the future is to watch the trend line, not the snapshot.

Martin's publisher Jane Johnson at HarperCollins promised that fans will pick up all sorts of clues from reading them.

Studying geology on his own, he dedicated himself to finding these clues by reading all the United States Geological Survey reports and books that he could find.