Cross word clues for beginners !!!

Lets understand the funda of cluing for crosswords :


Note: All clues have ( normally should have ) ...a 'surface indication'.....that is to mislead.........and the 'real indication'....that leads us to the answer....

Example:

Clue : Original equipment manufacturer in short is this ! (3 letters)

Surface clue leads us to believe that the answer is describing a trait of an original equipment manufacturer...

whereas the answer is hidden....in short 'original equipment manufacturer'...which is OEM

So the answer is OEM

Another Example:

Clue : An hour when it is getting late for a team (6 letters)

Surface clue indicates that it is getting late for a team to do something...

Actual answer is hidden in .....an hour when it is getting late !

(Come on......pull up your socks !)

Eleventh hour is when it is said to be getting late

and a team is also referred as eleven

So the answer is ELEVEN ( not eleventh....as in crosswords one has to keep the grammatical emphasis of the clue as well !! a team can be called eleven not eleventh !)

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