How do I solve 1 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

1 across reads "Warm yourself around soldiers" (4 letters); the answer is ARMY. 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.

How do I solve 3 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

3 across reads "Creep off to get daily wrapping" (5,5 letters); the answer is CREPEPAPER. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 9 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

9 across reads "Purpose of alcoholic drink" (4 letters); the answer is SAKE. It's a double-definition clue: two separate definitions of the same word sit side by side. No wordplay split and no indicators — both halves of the clue define the answer. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 10 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

10 across reads "Resistance in work place" (10 letters); the answer is OPPOSITION. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 11 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

11 across reads "Saluting one order for seafood" (11 letters); the answer is LANGOUSTINE. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 15 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

15 across reads "Alternately turning to exercise following drunken circus act" (9 letters); the answer is TIGHTROPE. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 17 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

17 across reads "Lose leaders from cosmetic guide" (5 letters); the answer is USHER. It's a deletion clue: start with a word the clue points to, then drop one or more letters. Indicators include 'endlessly' (lose the last letter), 'beheaded' (lose the first), or 'heartlessly' (lose the middle). The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 18 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

18 across reads "Gas round area of land" (5 letters); the answer is OZONE. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 19 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

19 across reads "Idiot puts porridge on organ" (9 letters); the answer is BIRDBRAIN. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 20 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

20 across reads "Secret tube" (11 letters); the answer is UNDERGROUND. It's a double-definition clue: two separate definitions of the same word sit side by side. No wordplay split and no indicators — both halves of the clue define the answer. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 24 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

24 across reads "Old quote signified not having a thrill" (10 letters); the answer is EXCITEMENT. It's a deletion clue: start with a word the clue points to, then drop one or more letters. Indicators include 'endlessly' (lose the last letter), 'beheaded' (lose the first), or 'heartlessly' (lose the middle). The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 25 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

25 across reads "Notice about the ears" (4 letters); the answer is OTIC. 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.

How do I solve 26 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

26 across reads "Tony learns performance in a rich way" (10 letters); the answer is RESONANTLY. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 27 across in Express Cryptic 20260519?

27 across reads "Audibly hope for a quarry" (4 letters); the answer is PREY. It's a homophone clue: the answer sounds like another word. Indicators like 'reportedly', 'we hear', or 'sounds like' point to a word that's pronounced similarly to the answer. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 1 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

1 down reads "Pardoning sailor - result!" (10 letters); the answer is ABSOLUTION. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 2 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

2 down reads "Being successful in repairing the damage" (6,4 letters); the answer is MAKING GOOD. It's a double-definition clue: two separate definitions of the same word sit side by side. No wordplay split and no indicators — both halves of the clue define the answer. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 4 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

4 down reads "Fastenings sailors must learn?" (5 letters); the answer is ROPES. It's a double-definition clue: two separate definitions of the same word sit side by side. No wordplay split and no indicators — both halves of the clue define the answer. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 5 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

5 down reads "Overcharge expert if tree is wrong" (9 letters); the answer is PROFITEER. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 6 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

6 down reads "Chief less sensitive to three, say" (5,6 letters); the answer is PRIME NUMBER. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 7 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

7 down reads "Couple to mend - first couple to leave" (4 letters); the answer is PAIR. It's a deletion clue: start with a word the clue points to, then drop one or more letters. Indicators include 'endlessly' (lose the last letter), 'beheaded' (lose the first), or 'heartlessly' (lose the middle). The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 8 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

8 down reads "Grinds edges off skin" (4 letters); the answer is RIND. 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.

How do I solve 12 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

12 down reads "Exactly where the controller has his finger" (2,3,6 letters); the answer is ONTHEBUTTON. It's a double-definition clue: two separate definitions of the same word sit side by side. No wordplay split and no indicators — both halves of the clue define the answer. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 13 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

13 down reads "Ingredient of soap bar - the suet was wrong" (4,6 letters); the answer is SHEABUTTER. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 14 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

14 down reads "Wonderful of the French church, defying middle principality" (5,5 letters); the answer is GRAND DUCHY. It's a letter-selection clue: take specific letters from a longer source. 'First of' means the opening letter, 'extremely' means first + last, 'regularly' means every other letter, 'oddly' / 'evenly' means odd or even positions. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 16 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

16 down reads "Honour friends with fellow investigator" (9 letters); the answer is OMBUDSMAN. It's a container clue: one word goes inside another. Container indicators include 'in', 'around', 'holding', and 'embracing' — identify the outer word, then the inner piece that gets slotted into it. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 21 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

21 down reads "Learn layout of the kidneys" (5 letters); the answer is RENAL. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 22 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

22 down reads "Listen during the argument" (4 letters); the answer is HEAR. 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.

How do I solve 23 down in Express Cryptic 20260519?

23 down reads "Unusual case for experts" (4 letters); the answer is ACES. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

Express Cryptic 20260519 — Answers, Hints & Wordplay Explained

1A — Warm yourself around soldiers (4) — ARMY

Definition
Definition found: 'soldiers' — The definition of the answer is 'soldiers'.
Indicator
Indicator found: 'around'
Operation
'around' signals a hidden_word operation
Fodder
Fodder: 'Warm yourself'
Assembly
ARMY = ARMY

Across

1A — Warm yourself around soldiers (4) — ARMY

3A — Creep off to get daily wrapping (5,5) — CREPEPAPER

9A — Purpose of alcoholic drink (4) — SAKE

10A — Resistance in work place (10) — OPPOSITION

11A — Saluting one order for seafood (11) — LANGOUSTINE

15A — Alternately turning to exercise following drunken circus act (9) — TIGHTROPE

17A — Lose leaders from cosmetic guide (5) — USHER

18A — Gas round area of land (5) — OZONE

19A — Idiot puts porridge on organ (9) — BIRDBRAIN

20A — Secret tube (11) — UNDERGROUND

24A — Old quote signified not having a thrill (10) — EXCITEMENT

25A — Notice about the ears (4) — OTIC

26A — Tony learns performance in a rich way (10) — RESONANTLY

27A — Audibly hope for a quarry (4) — PREY

Down

1D — Pardoning sailor - result! (10) — ABSOLUTION

2D — Being successful in repairing the damage (6,4) — MAKING GOOD

4D — Fastenings sailors must learn? (5) — ROPES

5D — Overcharge expert if tree is wrong (9) — PROFITEER

6D — Chief less sensitive to three, say (5,6) — PRIME NUMBER

7D — Couple to mend - first couple to leave (4) — PAIR

8D — Grinds edges off skin (4) — RIND

12D — Exactly where the controller has his finger (2,3,6) — ONTHEBUTTON

13D — Ingredient of soap bar - the suet was wrong (4,6) — SHEABUTTER

14D — Wonderful of the French church, defying middle principality (5,5) — GRAND DUCHY

16D — Honour friends with fellow investigator (9) — OMBUDSMAN

21D — Learn layout of the kidneys (5) — RENAL

22D — Listen during the argument (4) — HEAR

23D — Unusual case for experts (4) — ACES