semi-&lit

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ &lit

Noun

semi-&lit (plural semi-&lits)

  1. (crosswording) An extended definition clue, especially one in which the definition is only a word like this or who that cannot define the answer alone.
    • 2024 August 23, Peter Biddlecombe, “Sunday Times clue writing contest 2032: Stir-fry”, in Sunday Times‎[1]:
      Cooking that’s fuss-free, requiring no bits of expensive equipment before you start (4,3) [...]
      As woks are fairly cheap equipment and stir-fry cooking is a fairly simple process, the whole clue is an extended definition, so a “semi-&lit”.
    • 2024 March 20, Loonapick, “Guardian Cryptic 29,335 by Jack”, in Fifteensquare‎[2]:
      Who published articles in German about scientific topics originally? (8)
      EIN + EIN ("articles in German") about S(cientific) T(opics) [originally] and semi &lit.
    • 2024 June 4, “Clue Of The Day: The Times: 4 June 2020”, in Cracking the Cryptic‎[3]:
      Clue of the day: A semi &lit: the definition cannot be read in a stand-alone way.
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