Sentence examples for clue was a from inspiring English sources

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The clue was "a well-known part of ykcowrebbaj, and the answer was "ebarge out shtar emom eht dna".

Give Us a Clue was a godsend because it was "a quick job on a Sunday for seven years while I was bringing up children".

It was based on general knowledge and synonyms, and included such everyday words as "NEIF" (the clue was "A fist") and TANE (the clue being "One").

The clue was a report that a one-tooth denture had been seen that matched the dental records of the missing man.

The only clue was a mug shot of the individual, the name of the city he or she was in, and the fact that he or she would be wearing a T-shirt with the logo of the event.

My favourite clue was a feat of inspired technical ingenuity: you use a hand mirror to deflect a laser beam to hit a light-sensitive target, which releases a nearby door's magnetic seal.

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NICKEL, with its normal clue, was an unintentional red herring.

But if a second clue was an arrow, "you know it's William Tell".

And remember: part of the clue is a definition, the other part is wordplay.

The first and best clue is a 1km-long narrow park running north from Peckham library.

Another clue is a paradoxical finding about a hormone, adiponectin, made by fat cells.

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