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So, you think cryptic crosswords are hard because they contain obscure words and idioms? Well, sometimes the clue doesn’t even involve. English! Setters are not averse to cutting across linguistic lines.
The Hindu Cryptic #13048 | 22 Across
CLUE: Hindi people’s old symbol (4)
Clue types: Interlinguistic, abbreviation
Definition: symbol
Answer: LOGO
Clue explained:
We need a simple 4-letter word here that means ‘symbol’.
In ‘Hindi’, the word for ‘people’ is LOG. Well, phonetically speaking, at any rate.
And ‘old’ is often abbreviated as O.
Together, we get LOGO.
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