Minute Cryptic examples
Six parsed clues. Read the split, then the operation, then why both gates pass.
Keep a broken vase (4)
SAVE
Keep is the straight definition. Broken tells you to anagram VASE, which rearranges to SAVE.
Pause found in forest ranger (4)
REST
Pause defines REST. Found in points to a hidden word: foREST ranger contains REST in order.
Time going back to send out (4)
EMIT
Send out is EMIT. Going back reverses TIME into EMIT.
Grade on exam is a fight (7)
CONTEST
Fight is CONTEST. A school grade C sits on TEST (exam), giving C + ON + TEST.
Energy in a hat for warmth (4)
HEAT
Warmth is HEAT. Energy is E, placed in HAT to make H(E)AT.
We hear a pair of fruit (4)
PEAR
Fruit is PEAR. We hear marks a homophone of PAIR.