-the main characters -the clues that will lead to the solution of the mystery (e.g. hidden messages in the art, information about the artist's life, clues left by the criminal, etc).
"The main clue to Dalí, I think, is that he was pathologically timid deep down and constructed his exhibitionistic persona as a protective device," he said.
Typically for the genre, the planet's colonising miners miss the main clue (the silicone nodules down in the deep shafts that they have been carelessly destroying or discarding).
The third main character, who sees Benjamin and Irene falling in love before they realize it themselves and comes up with the clue that appears to crack the case, is Sandoval, the judge's alcoholic assistant.
"I had no clue that it happened.
At any rate, it is the main clue the authorities have to go on now.
That was a clue that the weather was pretty bad.
That is the classic clue that you need a squeeze.
One big clue that it wasn't?
The main clue for infection was indirect: the presence of perinephric fat inflammation.
_____ The main argument last month was provoked by a batch of Quick crosswords where the setter put in clues that involved anagrams of other solutions.
