How do I solve 4 down in Express Cryptic 20260609?

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4 down reads "Vote during the lecture" (5 letters); the answer is ELECT. It's a hidden-word clue: the answer is spelled out by consecutive letters in the clue itself, often crossing a word boundary. Indicators like 'in', 'some', or 'part of' signal that you're looking at a substring. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

Vote during the lecture (5)

4D — Vote during the lecture (5) — ELECT