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clue /kluː  /noun1A piece of evidence or information used in the detection of a crime: police officers are still searching for clues...- Detectives piecing together clues in the inquiry remain confident they will catch the attacker.
- I reviewed all my efforts to make sure I hadn't missed even the slightest clue or piece of evidence.
- So could the details of his business life provide a clue to the killing?
1.1A fact or idea that serves to reveal something or solve a problem: archaeological evidence can give clues about the past...- The site does not publish contact details for the creators or reveal any other clues to the identity of the organisation.
- She stared at the little card looking for clues that would reveal the identity of the sender.
- A trawl of all her friends has revealed no clues as to where she has gone.
2A word or words giving an indication as to what is to be inserted in a particular space in a crossword: a long-pondered clue in a half-completed crossword...- He ran the words through his mind, almost like a crossword clue.
- Cryptic clues in the crossword may be stand-alone or a combination of any of the following nine types.
- I still prefer the uncertainty and randomness of crossword clues.
Synonyms question, problem, puzzle, riddle, poser, conundrum; cryptic clue verb (clues, clueing, clued) [with object] ( clue someone in) informalInform someone about a particular matter: Stella had clued her in about Peter...- But the fact that she was with another man and quite plainly ignoring him should have clued him in a little.
- Perhaps someone should also clue her in that that if you're going to be dishonest you don't want to leave a paper trail behind.
- For that matter, only the changing seasons clue us in to our geography.
Synonyms inform, let know, notify, make aware, give information, prime; familiarize with, make familiar with, acquaint with; keep up to date, keep posted informal tip off, give the gen, give the low-down on, give a rundown on/of, fill in on, gen up on, clue up, put in the picture, put wise, keep up to speed Phrases OriginLate Middle English: variant of clew. The original sense was 'a ball of thread'; hence one used to guide a person out of a labyrinth. sense 1 of the noun dates from the early 17th century. Our word clue is a modern spelling of the old word clew, ‘a ball of thread’. The idea here is of string or thread being used to guide a person out of a maze by tracing a path through it. The most famous example is that of the Greek hero Theseus, who killed the monstrous bull-headed Minotaur in its lair and then escaped from the Labyrinth, an underground maze of tunnels. This he was able to do because the princess Ariadne gave him a ball of twine, which he unravelled as he went in and followed back to find his way out again. From this a clue became anything that you can follow to get a solution.
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