How do I solve 1 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

1 across reads "Sign dry drink tipped over" (6 letters). It's a reversal clue: the answer is a word read backwards. Look for indicators like 'back', 'returned', or — in a down clue — 'up' or 'lifted'. Find the source word and reverse it. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 5 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

5 across reads "Wet blanket for Arctic swimmer?" (4,4 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 9 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

9 across reads "Frozen ground melted for stream along with pond, initially" (10 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 10 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

10 across reads "Claw measured, as unusually long, first of all" (4 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 11 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

11 across reads "Dropped bricks in underwear!" (8 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 12 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

12 across reads "Tray he soiled, dirty" (6 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 13 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

13 across reads "Idle brain" (4 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 15 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

15 across reads "Cook's stuff lost on weaver" (8 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 18 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

18 across reads "Overhaul due, after getting promoted" (8 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 19 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

19 across reads "Places in lounge discussed?" (4 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 21 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

21 across reads "Contribution from Gaia, the nature goddess" (6 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 23 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

23 across reads "Contagion, great film, half claimed" (8 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 25 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

25 across reads "War god is brave, though no leader" (4 letters). 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). Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 26 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

26 across reads "Gut ain't silent when windy!" (10 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 27 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

27 across reads "Promise to cover rear in bikini by maiden with – this?" (8 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 28 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

28 across reads "Miniature dish, it's sad to see" (6 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 2 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

2 down reads "I buy and sell just the way I want" (5 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 3 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

3 down reads "Descend from there, dear Lord!" (4,3,2 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 4 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

4 down reads "Son regularly in temper" (6 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 5 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

5 down reads "Character scratching head after a ticking off – me, say?" (9,6 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 6 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

6 down reads "Machine tool, scarlet, washed" (8 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 7 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

7 down reads "Bone in bird between fulmar's wings" (5 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 8 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

8 down reads "Bitterly sliced through by the wind" (9 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 14 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

14 down reads "Remove from power with open question about king" (9 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 16 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

16 down reads "Ferocious beast, furious lover tucked into Chardonnay, say" (9 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 17 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

17 down reads "Original butcher ate rice, starter of venison put away" (8 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 20 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

20 down reads "Pieced together puzzle understood, some steps taken to start it" (6 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 22 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

22 down reads "Classic place bagged by sheep sometimes" (5 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

How do I solve 24 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 without spoilers?

24 down reads "Asian artist on question one after opening of investigation" (5 letters). 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. Work the structure step by step in the trainer — definition first, then the wordplay parts — with the answer kept hidden until the prize closes.

Daily Telegraph Cryptic 3371 Prize Puzzle

1A — Sign dry drink tipped over (6)

Definition
Definition found: 'Sign'
Indicator
Indicator found: 'tipped over'
Operation
'tipped over' signals a reversal operation
Fodder
Fodder: 'dry drink'
Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'dry'
Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'drink'

Across

1A — Sign dry drink tipped over (6)

5A — Wet blanket for Arctic swimmer? (4,4)

9A — Frozen ground melted for stream along with pond, initially (10)

10A — Claw measured, as unusually long, first of all (4)

11A — Dropped bricks in underwear! (8)

12A — Tray he soiled, dirty (6)

13A — Idle brain (4)

15A — Cook's stuff lost on weaver (8)

18A — Overhaul due, after getting promoted (8)

19A — Places in lounge discussed? (4)

21A — Contribution from Gaia, the nature goddess (6)

23A — Contagion, great film, half claimed (8)

25A — War god is brave, though no leader (4)

26A — Gut ain't silent when windy! (10)

27A — Promise to cover rear in bikini by maiden with – this? (8)

28A — Miniature dish, it's sad to see (6)

Down

2D — I buy and sell just the way I want (5)

3D — Descend from there, dear Lord! (4,3,2)

4D — Son regularly in temper (6)

5D — Character scratching head after a ticking off – me, say? (9,6)

6D — Machine tool, scarlet, washed (8)

7D — Bone in bird between fulmar's wings (5)

8D — Bitterly sliced through by the wind (9)

14D — Remove from power with open question about king (9)

16D — Ferocious beast, furious lover tucked into Chardonnay, say (9)

17D — Original butcher ate rice, starter of venison put away (8)

20D — Pieced together puzzle understood, some steps taken to start it (6)

22D — Classic place bagged by sheep sometimes (5)

24D — Asian artist on question one after opening of investigation (5)