Container & Contents Indicators

Words and phrases in a cryptic clue indicating that one word or part-word is to be inserted in another.

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Container Indicators

ABOUT
ADMIT
ADMITS
ADMITTING
AROUND
BESIEGE
BESIEGES
BESIEGING
BOX
BOXES
BOXING
BRIDGE
BRIDGES
BRIDGING
CAPTURE
CAPTURED
CAPTURES
CAPTURING
CATCH
CATCHES
CATCHING
CIRCLE
CIRCLES
CIRCLING
CLUTCH
CLUTCHES
CLUTCHING
CONTAIN
CONTAINING

CONTAINS
COVER
COVERING
COVERS
EMBRACE
EMBRACES
EMBRACING
ENCIRCLE
ENCIRCLES
ENCIRCLING
ENFOLD
ENFOLDING
ENFOLDS
ENVELOP
ENVELOPING
ENVELOPS
EXTERNAL
FLANK
FLANKING
FLANKS
FRAME
FRAMED
FRAMING
FRAMES
GRASP
GRASPING
GRASPS
HARBOUR
HARBOURS

HARBOURING
HOLD
HOLDING
HOLDS
HOUSE
HOUSES
HOUSING
OUTSIDE
RING
RINGING
RINGS
ROUND
SHELTER
SHELTERING
SHELTERS
SURROUND
SURROUNDING
SURROUNDS
SWALLOW
SWALLOWING
SWALLOWS
TAKE IN
TAKES IN
TAKING IN
WITHOUT
WRAP
WRAPPING
WRAPS

Contents Indicators

ABOARD
ADMITTED
AMIDST
BESIEGED
BOARDING
BOXED
BREAKING
BRIDGED
CAUGHT
CIRCLED
CONTAINED
CONTENT
CONTENTS
COVERED
CLUTCHED
DIVIDING

EMBRACED
ENCIRCLED
ENFOLDED
ENTERING
ENVELOPED
FILLING
FLANKED
GRASPED
HARBOURED
HELD
HOUSED
INSIDE
INTERNAL
INTERRUPTING
INTRODUCED
LINING

OCCUPYING
PACKING
PARTING
PENETRATING
PIERCING
RINGED
SEPARATING
SHELTERED
SPLITTING
STUFFING
SURROUNDED
SWALLOWED
TAKEN IN
TUCKED IN
WITHIN
WRAPPED

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