Minute Cryptic September 1 2026 Answer
The Tuesday Minute Cryptic is a single cryptic clue you can solve in about a minute. Read the clue, take the hints one at a time, and reveal the answer with the full wordplay explained.
“How’s lead ammunition found by empty creek bed between two trees? (7)”
This clue's indicators are 'lead', 'found by', and 'empty'. One of these is a selection indicator naming the position of an important letter in neighbouring fodder. Another is a deletion indicator guiding us to delete some letters from adjacent fodder (and keep what remains). And 'found by' aids the surface while leaving the wordplay unchanged: what comes before is 'found by', or next to, what comes after.
This clue's fodder is 'How', 'ammunition', and 'creek'. We'll need to find a substitute for one of these and use it with the letters of the others (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
Our definition here is 'bed between two trees?', and our answer will be something that fits this description.
Definition: k bed between two tree
This clue's fodder is 'How', 'ammunition', and 'creek'. We'll need to find a substitute for one of these and use it with the letters of the others (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
Our definition here is 'bed between two trees?', and our answer will be something that fits this description.
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