Cryptic Crossword Clues - Various Types
This video aims to help solvers and "setters" of cryptic crossword clues. A direct link to the slideshow is here: http://tiny.cc/CrypticCluesByType (The majority of this video's clues are from The Telegraph's daily cryptic puzzles; a few of them are mine.)
Clue types include:
0:18 - Container / abbreviation
0:58 - Charade / first letter
1:38 - Container / charade / abbreviation
2:09 - Charade / shortened names
2:38 - Deletion / movement / abbreviation
3:26 - Cryptic definition / misdirection
3:54 - Cryptic definition / misdirection
4:22 - Anagram
5:02 - Hidden word
5:45 - Reversal / abbreviation
6:28 - Reversal
6:56 - Double definition
7:20 - Hidden / reversal
8:18 - Homophone
9:19 - Container / last letters
9:52 - Container / first letters
10:43 - Container / charade
11:16 - Deletion / anagram
12:16 - Deletion
13:00 - Reversal
13:38 - Spoonerism
Enjoy.