Tuesday 20 March 2012

Solution for 19 March cryptic clue



Boil slowly, getting hot inside with a tremulous light (7)

Solution - Shimmer

2 part clue – first part includes the comma – one of the traditional ways they try to mislead you.  As you can see the solution is “simmer” with “h” for hot inside it making “shimmer” which matches the last part of the clue.


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1 comment:

  1. Oh, I would not have got that, but I like the reasoning. Makes it even more interesting.

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