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.
“Cold and large English source of light (6)”
Answer: CANDLE
Charade: C (cold) + AND (and) + L (large) + E (English) concatenate to CANDLE. Stripping the corrected components ["C","AND","L","E"] to letters gives C+AND+L+E = CANDLE, matching the answer and the (6) enumeration. The definition "source of light" sits at the end; the surface reads as a single description of a light, misdirecting toward an everyday object rather than announcing the build.
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