Minute Cryptic September 2 2026 Answer
The Wednesday Minute Cryptic is a single cryptic clue you can solve in about a minute. Read the clue, take the hints one at a time, and reveal the answer with the full wordplay explained.
“Harvard or MIT or Yale housing! (9)”
This clue's indicator is 'housing' and it's a hidden word indicator. Our fodder is 'housing' or sheltering our answer within it.
This clue's fodder is 'Harvard or MIT or Yale'. We'll use these letters (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
This clue is an &lit, meaning that the whole clue is the definition and the whole clue is the wordplay. So, our definition here is 'Harvard or MIT or Yale housing!', and our answer will be a word for the kind of housing you might find at those institutions.
Definition: Harvard or MIT or Yale housing!
This clue's fodder is 'Harvard or MIT or Yale'. We'll use these letters (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
This clue is an &lit, meaning that the whole clue is the definition and the whole clue is the wordplay. So, our definition here is 'Harvard or MIT or Yale housing!', and our answer will be a word for the kind of housing you might find at those institutions.
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