Container · Charade indicator
wear
“wear” is a container indicator in cryptic crosswords.
One piece of wordplay is wrapped around or inserted into another. Containers use the imagery of holding, enclosing, or swallowing.
Depending on the clue, “wear” can also act as a charade indicator.
- Clue types
- Container, Charade
- Forms
- wears, wearing
- Subtlety
- subtle
- Part of speech
- participle, verb
- Themes
- containment
Note: X wearing Y: Y on top of X.
“Hit band carrying medium (5)”
Answer: SMASH
Definition: Hit "band" gives a synonym, SASH "medium" abbreviates to M (the clothing size) Put M inside SASH to get SMASH
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