Letter bound to have shown sympathy (6)
'letter bound' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
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(Other definitions for russia that I've seen before include "Country of the former USSR" , "James Bond novel and film: 'From . . . . . . with Love'" , "East European state" , "Putin's country" , "Eastern European state" .)
'letter bound' is the definition.
'fenced' can be an answer for 'bound' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'letter' bit.
'have shown sympathy' is the wordplay.
'have' becomes 'fence' (fencing is a kind of having).
'shown sympathy' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'fence'+'d'='FENCED'
'to' is the link.
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(Other definitions for fenced that I've seen before include "protected by barrier" , "Enclosed by a barrier of wood or wire" , "Got hold of hot stuff" , "Sported with rapiers" , "Enclosed with a palisade" .)
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'letter bound to have' is the wordplay.
'letter bound' becomes 'ed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'have' becomes 'twin' (twinning is a kind of having).
'ed' put after 'twin' is 'TWINED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for twined that I've seen before include "Wound" , "Interlaced" , "Wrapped around like string" , "Wrapped around or coiled" .)
'letter bound' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for poland that I've seen before include "Country joining the European Union in 2004" , "Wroclaw's country" , "in E" , "EU member" , "Its capital is Warsaw" .)
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'letter bound to' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'd'.
'bound' is an insertion indicator.
'to' becomes 'wined' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'd' going into 'wined' is 'WINDED'.
'have' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for winded that I've seen before include "short of breath" , "Out of puff, breathless" , "Rendered out of breath" .)
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'letter bound to have' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'rac' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'bound' is an insertion indicator.
'to have' becomes 'bed' (synonyms).
'rac' inserted into 'bed' is 'BRACED'.
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(Other definitions for braced that I've seen before include "Buttressed" , "Ready for action" , "Supported, gave firmness to" , "Stiff" , "Ready for impact - wearing trouser straps" .)
'letter bound' is the definition.
'penned' can be an answer for 'bound' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'letter' bit.
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for penned that I've seen before include "Wrote; confined" , "Confined; written" , "Shut in" , "in Reading Gaol, perhaps" , "in captivity" .)
'letter' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for buster that I've seen before include "-- Keaton, US silent film actor" , "Keaton or Crabbe" , "-- Keaton, comic actor" , "- - Keaton, silent star" , "Form of address to man" .)
'letter bound' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for twisty that I've seen before include "Bendy, curly" , "Sinuous" , "requiring one to take turns" , "Convoluted" , "Windy" .)
This clue might be a double definition.
'letter bound' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'shown sympathy' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'to have' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for turned that I've seen before include "Rotated or transformed" , "Having soured" , "Capsized" , "Red nut (anag.)" , "Changed direction" .)
This clue might be a double definition.
'letter bound' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'shown sympathy' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'to have' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ringed that I've seen before include "Rare birds may be" , "Circled, surrounded" , "fenced round" .)
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with creating things as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'letter bound to have' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'elt' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bound' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'to have' becomes 'bed' ('bed' can be a synonym of 'have').
'elt' placed into 'bed' is 'BELTED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for belted that I've seen before include "as an earl may be" , "Ran furiously" , "Chastised - like an earl!" , "Hit very hard; done up" , "whacked" .)
'letter bound to have shown sympathy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'letter bound to have shown' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'c'.
'bound to' becomes 'oi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'have' says to put letters next to each other.
'shown' becomes 'led'.
'c'+'oi'+'led'='COILED'
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(Other definitions for coiled that I've seen before include "Wound up like a snake or string" , "Shaped like a snake or a spring" , "Curled or wound round" .)
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I can't see how one could define the other.
'letter bound' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'pi' (pi is a kind of letter).
'bound' becomes 'tied' ('tie' can be a synonym of 'bind').
'pi'+'tied'='PITIED'
'to have' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for pitied that I've seen before include "Commiserated" , "Felt sorry for, sympathised with" , "Tie dip (anag.)" , "Felt compassion toward" .)
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't see how they can define each other.
'letter bound to have' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'and' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'bound' is an insertion indicator.
'to have' becomes 'bed' (synonyms).
'and' going within 'bed' is 'BANDED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'letter bound to' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'b'.
'bound' becomes 'end' (end is a kind of bound).
'to' becomes 'ed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'b'+'end'+'ed'='BENDED'
'have' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs occasionally mean the same thing.
'letter bound to' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'letter' could be 's' and 's' is present in the answer.
'bound' could be 'rim' (both can mean a limit or boundary) and 'rim' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'oe' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'have' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rimose that I've seen before include "Full of cracks and fissures - is more required?" , "network of cracks" .)
This clue could be a double definition.
'letter bound' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'shown sympathy' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't see how one could define the other.
'to have' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for locked that I've seen before include "Securely closed" , "Fastened with a key" .)
'letter bound' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'shown sympathy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'shown' could be 'led' and 'led' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to have' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rolled that I've seen before include "Moved along on wheels" , "Rotated" , "Furled" .)
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I can't see how they can define each other.
'letter bound to' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'm'.
'bound' indicates putting letters inside.
'to' becomes 'rimed' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'm' placed inside 'rimed' is 'RIMMED'.
'have' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for rimmed that I've seen is " `with an edge".)
'letter bound' is the definition.
'hemmed' can be an answer for 'bound' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'letter' bit.
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hemmed that I've seen before include "made an attention-seeking cough" , "Sought attention" , "Edged with stitching" .)
'letter bound to have shown sympathy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'letter bound to have shown' is the wordplay.
'letter bound' becomes 'cur' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to have' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'shown' becomes 'led'.
'cur'+'led'='CURLED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for curled that I've seen before include "Curved, coiled" , "Coiled, twisted" , "Twisted in ringlets" , "Rolled up" .)
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs sometimes define each other.
'letter bound to' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'block letter' (block letter is a kind of letter).
'bound to' becomes 'y' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'block'+'y'='BLOCKY'
'have' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'letter bound' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'letter' could be 'pe' (pe is a kind of letter of the alphabet) and 'pe' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hood' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to have' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
This could be a double definition.
'letter bound' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'shown sympathy' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'to have' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
'letter bound' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
This clue could be a double definition.
'letter bound' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'shown sympathy' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't see how they can define each other.
'to have' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for girded that I've seen is " Encircled or attached with band".)
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with creating things as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'letter bound' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'letter' could be 'pe' (pe is a kind of letter) and 'pe' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to have' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for looped that I've seen is " Coiled; poodle (anag.)".)
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'letter bound' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'letter' could be 'n' and 'n' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bided' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to have' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
'shown sympathy' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'letter bound' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'letter' could be 'pi' (pi is a kind of letter of the alphabet) and 'pi' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sned' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to have' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?