Cryptic Crossword Dictionary : W

WALES

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WANDER

1. Possibly an anagram indicator.

2. Possibly a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters ERR.

WANDERING

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WARPED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WATT

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WAYWARD

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WEAVE

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WEAVING

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WED

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WEDNESDAY

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W or the letters WED.

WEEK

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WEEKEND

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter K.

WEIGHT

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W or a unit of weight: OZ, LB, DRAM, TON, etc.

WEIRD

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WELSH

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WELSHMAN

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters DAI.

WEST

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WESTBOUND

Possibly a reversal indicator.

WESTERN

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WEST INDIES

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters WI.

WHISKEY

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

(See NATO Phonetic Alphabet).

Sample clue:

Warren gives donkey whiskey (6)

WICKET

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WIDE

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WIDTH

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WIFE

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WILD

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WILDER

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WILDLY

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WINGLESS

Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the removal of first and last letters.

WINGS

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the first and letters of a word.

Sample clues:

A bird regrets losing its wings (5)

A bird with extended wings is not natural (7)

WINGTIP

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter G.

WITH

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WITHIN

1. Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.

Sample clues:

Flower is found within 24 hours (5)

Cook fish within, without compulsion (6)

2. Possibly a hidden word indicator.

Sample clues:

Arab state within Romania (4)

Within a week I lost weight (4)

WITHOUT

Possibly, meaning 'outside', a container-and-contents indicator.

WITHOUT END

Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the removal of a final letter.

WITHOUT LIMITS

Possibly a subtraction indicator signifying the removal of first and last letters.

WIZARD PLACE

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters OZ.

WOLFRAM

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WOMAN

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters HER or SHE.

WON

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W.

WORK

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter W or the letters OP.

WORKED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WORKER

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters ANT or BEE.

WORKING

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WORRIED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WOUND

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WOVEN

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WRAP

Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.

Sample clue:

Boy not beginning to wrap a range of items(5)

WRAPPED

1. Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.

2. Possibly a hidden word indicator.

Sample clue:

Little bird wrapped in a scarf in church(5)

WRAPPING

Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.

WRAPS

Possibly a container-and-contents indicator.

WRATH

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters IRE.

WRECKED

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WRITE

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters PEN.

WRITER

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters PEN.

WRITHING

Possibly an anagram indicator.

WRITING

May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letters MS (manuscript).

WRITTEN UP

Possibly a reversal indicator (in a Down clue).

WRONG

1. Possibly an anagram indicator.

Sample clues:

Animal doing wrong (5)

Trainee given many a wrong date (5)

2. May be a bits-and-pieces indicator indicating the letter X or the letters SIN or TORT.

Sample clue:

Wrong revolution for Communist (4)

WRONGLY

Possibly an anagram indicator.

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