Hidden word indicator
contents of
“contents of” is a hidden word indicator in cryptic crosswords.
The answer sits unbroken across the letters of consecutive words. A hidden-word indicator points to something held, buried, or partly visible.
- Clue types
- Hidden word
- Subtlety
- subtle
- Part of speech
- phrase
- Themes
- concealment
“Different? Essentially not here (5)”
Answer: OTHER
Hidden-word clue. Definition: "Different" = OTHER (sound dictionary synonym, at the start). Wordplay: the answer is concealed across the carrier phrase "not here" — n(OTHER)e — i.e. "n-OT-HER-e". The indicator "Essentially" buries the device by reading as ordinary speech ("basically"), while literally pointing at the core/essence of "not here": strip the outer letters (n... and ...e) and the middle is OTHER. The surface reads as a natural snatch of dialogue — someone noting the other/different one is essentially absent — which misdirects away from the hidden-word mechanics. Every word is accounted for (definition + indicator + carrier), with no filler or seam words.
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- contained in
- content of
- covering
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