Sentence examples for fair clue from inspiring English sources

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He writes smart, precise, fair clues in a time-honoured style, as befits the author of the Chambers Crossword Manual.

Given that indirect anagrams were involved, and that several actors have played the title role over the years, these were simply unacceptable as fair clues.

On the other hand, I can't resist Mr. Walden's tough-but-fair cluing.

I'm always looking to produce a set of fair fun clues using a wide range of devices rather than outstanding clues in their own right.

Luckily for us, the summer hiatus brought its fair share of clues as to what we'll see in the upcoming season.

In Araucaria's view, Guardian solvers would find that his clue was fair – and better.

I had a bit of trouble getting started, not guessing FAIR immediately for the clue "Expo" at 1 Across, and 1 Down didn't give me the help I needed.

Given a few clues and fair warning, could a writer prevent the next terrorist bombing?

But a clue must be fair, and I can't quite shake off my early conviction that it should have two clear parts - wordplay and definition, a bit like the parts of an equation separated by the equals sign.

Once I did ask him whether a solution to a clue was quite fair to today's Guardian solvers, as it depended on knowing that the activities of bands of Welshmen dressed as women, protesting violently against the effects of high road tolls in South Wales between 1842 and 1844, are called collectively the Rebecca Riots.