Name: How to win at... cryptic crosswords | Episode 4 | BBC Ideas
Uploaded: 2020-09-01T19:10:38.000Z
Duration: 3 min 11 s

A manualon how to build an alien spacecraft?

Cryptic clues do mean something, they're just not what they seem.

隱祕的線索確實意味著什麼，只是不像它們看起來那樣。

There's always one way to read a clue that will tell you what to do.

讀懂一條線索，總有一種方法會告訴你該怎麼做。

大多數的隱祕線索都有兩個部分--------。

一部分戲謔地定義瞭解決方案。

The other part is a playful way to get to the same thing.

而另一部分則是玩弄於股掌之間。

Is this about finding transport or boats?

這是要找交通工具還是要找船？

and see what the rest of the clue could mean.

並看看其餘的線索可能意味著什麼。

Sometimes key words will tell you what to do.

有時候，關鍵詞會告訴你該怎麼做。

which are often phrases you just need to learn to recognise...

這往往是短語，你只需要學會識別... ...

Remember, the person who set the crossword wants you to solve it.

記住，設置填字遊戲的人希望你能解決它。

He or she may play the part of an evil genius

他或她可能會扮演一個邪惡天才的角色

torturing the hero who enters their lair.

And you may even learn some new words along the way.

而且你甚至可以在這個過程中學習一些新單詞。

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How to win at... cryptic crosswords | Episode 4 | BBC Ideas