Charade indicator

and

“and” is a charade indicator in cryptic crosswords.

The answer is built by placing chunks next to each other in sequence. Charade indicators use the imagery of following, addition, and joining.

Clue types: Charade
Subtlety: subtle
Part of speech: adverb

Note: Neutral juxtaposition.

Worked example

“Cold and large English source of light (6)”

Answer: CANDLE

Definition: "source of light". "Cold" gives its single-letter abbreviation C. "and" is taken literally as AND. "large" gives its clothing-size abbreviation L. "English" gives its abbreviation E. Join them in order: C + AND + L + E = CANDLE.

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