Minute Cryptic Answers
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“Start halfway and stop halfway and flip halfway? (9)”
This clue's indicators are 'Start' and 'halfway', and they're both selection indicators naming the positions of important letters in neighbouring fodder.
This clue's fodder is 'halfway', 'and', 'stop', and 'and'. We'll use these letters (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
Our definition here is 'flip halfway?', and note the question mark - our definition is rather stretchy. The answer will be a word that describes a 'flip halfway'.
Definition: flip halfway?
This clue's fodder is 'halfway', 'and', 'stop', and 'and'. We'll use these letters (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
Our definition here is 'flip halfway?', and note the question mark - our definition is rather stretchy. The answer will be a word that describes a 'flip halfway'.
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