Minute Cryptic September 19 2026 Answer
The Saturday 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.
“Something spiked spoiled lovely formal dance (10)”
This clue's indicator is 'spoiled' and it's an anagram indicator. It instructs us to spoil or ruin the order of some neighbouring letters.
This clue's fodder is 'lovely' and 'formal dance'. We'll need to find a substitute for one of these and use it with the letters of the other to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
Our definition here is 'Something spiked'. Our answer will be something that can be spiked.
Definition: Something spiked
This clue's fodder is 'lovely' and 'formal dance'. We'll need to find a substitute for one of these and use it with the letters of the other to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
Our definition here is 'Something spiked'. Our answer will be something that can be spiked.
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