Homophone indicator
reportedly
“reportedly” 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
- adverb
- Themes
- sound
“Visitor reportedly took a guess (5)”
Answer: GUEST
Definition: "Visitor". "took a guess" gives the word GUESSED. "reportedly" signals a homophone — say GUESSED aloud. Spoken that way it sounds like GUEST, our visitor.
Related indicators
- aloud
- announce
- apparently
- audibly
- broadcast
- by the sound of it
- declare
- echo
- express
- going by the sound
- hear
- homophone
- I hear
- in a manner of speaking
- in conversation
- in speech
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