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This is one of those clues where you need not sit and work out a bunch of wordplay parts to make up the answer. That’s a charade. But this one is simply hearsay.
The Hindu Cryptic #13047 | 13 Across
CLUE: Genuine-sounding fishing companion of Rod (4)
Clue types: Homophone and Cryptic double-definition
Definition: fishing companion of Rod
Answer: REEL
Clue explained:
Here you need a 4-letter word that means ‘fishing companion of Rod’.
And because you see the word ‘sounding’, you get a hint that the rest of the wordplay might involve a homophone.
And it does! Another word for ‘genuine’ could be REAL. And a homophone of REAL is REEL, which happens to be a ‘fishing companion of Rod’, as in ‘rod and reel’, the two main pieces of equipment you would take on a fishing trip!
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