Hidden word indicator
embracing
“embracing” 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
- participle
- Themes
- concealment
“Bureau thoroughly embracing writer (6)”
Answer: AUTHOR
Definition: "writer" — one who pens books. "embracing" signals that the answer is hidden inside the surrounding words. The carrier is "Bureau thoroughly". Take the run of letters spanning bure-AU-THOR-oughly. AUTHOR sits concealed across "Bureau thoroughly".
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- contained in
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