numbers used in crossword clues

gelsey | 15:46 Tue 05th Aug 2008 | Arts & Literature

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what do numbers in Daily Mail crossword clues work, how do you solve these clues?

Trying to find the title/author of a book by the storyline....

Anagram of authors names

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factor-fiction

Sorry but I'm not clear what you are asking. Is it a standard format cryptic crossword? When you refer to numbers are you referring to the question numbers or are the answers numbers in this crossword

novalis

If it's the number(s) in brackets after the clue it indicates length of answer.
If a number such as five or ten appears in the clue it could mean that the Roman numeral for that number appears in the answer.

gelsey

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its not the numeral in brackets, but when a numeral is part of the clue.

grasscarp

I think you are referring to things like 18 has one of these. It means to look at the answer to clue 18 to find the answer.

Jugglering

Can you give us an example of a clue that you want to solve ?

gelsey

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feel 22 crumblingwith more follage, how does the answer become: leafier ?

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