Deletion clues

Letters are removed from a word to leave the answer.

Deletion clues take a word and chop something off: the first letter ('headless', 'beheaded'), the last ('endless', 'curtailed'), the middle ('heartless') or the outside ('peeled', 'shelled').

Example

Direction of headless beast (4)

EAST: BEAST without its first letter ('headless') leaves EAST, a direction.

Common indicators

headless
beheaded
topless (down)
endless
unfinished
curtailed
mostly
almost
short
heartless
gutted
peeled
skinned
without
losing
dropping
leaving

See indicators for every clue type

Solving tips

'Mostly' or 'almost' usually means remove just the last letter.

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