Homophone indicator
hear
“hear” is a homophone indicator in cryptic crosswords.
The wordplay points to a word that sounds the same when spoken aloud. Homophones use the imagery of hearing, speech, and broadcasting.
- Clue types
- Homophone
- Subtlety
- moderate
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Themes
- sound
“Not many heard the sigh of relief (3)”
Answer: FEW
Definition: "Not many" — meaning FEW. "the sigh of relief" gives PHEW — the exclamation you utter when relieved. "heard" signals a homophone — read it by sound. PHEW sounds like FEW.
Related indicators
- aloud
- announce
- apparently
- audibly
- broadcast
- by the sound of it
- declare
- echo
- express
- going by the sound
- homophone
- I hear
- in a manner of speaking
- in conversation
- in speech
- in the ear
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