Hidden word indicator
revealing
“revealing” 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
“Press item revealing plot (4)”
Answer: SITE
Hidden-word clue. The answer SITE is concealed across the carrier 'Press item' (pres-S-IT-E-m), with the hidden letters spanning the words 'press' and 'item'. The indicator 'revealing' is buried as natural English (a press item revealing something). The definition 'plot' (= a building plot, a site) sits at the end. Surface misdirection: it reads as a news story exposing a conspiracy/plot, steering away from the land-parcel sense of the answer.
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