Phillipa Soo

You get to crack the code of the play. You get to really pick at it and see, 'What is the story that we're telling?' 'What are the clues in the text that I can find that will help inform what story we're telling?' It's almost like a detective mystery.

American Actress

Laurel Van Ness

I knew nothing about wrestling! Sometimes that's a great thing, and sometimes that really annoys people in this industry but that's the truth. I had no clue how to wrestle. I had to learn everything, absolutely everything. To start from the bottom.

Canadian Wrestler

Isaac Wright Jr.

Even on the witness stand at trial, there were people up there and I had no clue who they were. I had never seen them a day in my life and they were pointing the finger at me saying that I was their boss.

Harmony Korine

Everything has to have some kind of a point for people to breathe easy. What's the point of life? I have no clue, but sometimes there are things that just attract us and pull us in a certain way.

American Director

Joseph Fiennes

I meet people in my business who have this extraordinary ability to understand human nature in their work, but in real life, they don't seem to have the first clue.

British Actor

Sarah Shahi

My role is to just tell the highest degree of truth with every character and every story. From there, I have no clue whatsoever how things are going to turn out.

Nadiya Hussain

I'm forever making it out like I have got it all together and I know what I'm doing. The truth is I haven't got a clue what I'm doing.

British Chef

Peggy Noonan

I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat world we see.

American Writer

Shirley Henderson

I wasn't frightened of people, but I didn't have a clue about the adult world.

Scottish Actress

Larry Wilmore

I do not look to Hollywood to give me character clues.

American Comedian

Use 'clue' when discussing mysteries or things that are hard to understand without additional information.

Mystery Context

'Clue' often refers to something that contributes to solving a puzzle or problem, like a jigsaw piece.

Solving Puzzles

To find a clue, you sometimes need to look closely and think carefully about the details.

Examine Closely

Verb form 'clue in' is casual, more common in spoken than written communication, often used informally.

Colloquial Use

Use the verb 'clue in' to express the action of sharing knowledge or new facts with someone.

Sharing Information

In puzzles, 'clue' helps point to the answer but doesn't provide it directly; mental work is still needed.

Puzzle Assistance

Some clues can be subtle or indirect, requiring interpretation to understand their meaning.

Not Always Obvious

Confusion alert: 'clue' in drama is more commonly referred to as 'cue'; they're mistakenly used interchangeably.

Theatrical Cue

'Clue' in drama suggests a subtle hint for the actor’s performance or reaction, less direct than a cue.

Drama Indication

 Nobody has a clue, despite all the expertise that's been on parade for the past four days, what the world will look like in five years' time. And yet, we're meant to be educating them for it. So the unpredictability, I think, is extraordinary. And the third part of this is that we've all agreed, nonetheless,

Do schools kill...

 Scientific experimentation, though controversial, gives us some clues. Tests on hermit crabs show that they'll leave an undesirable shell if they're zapped with electricity but stay if it's a good shell. And octopi that may originally curl up an injured arm to protect it

How do animals...

 are far less serious that these examples, and may even be harmless. But it's still worthwhile to be aware of telltale clues, like minimal self-references, negative language, simple explanations and convoluted phrasing. It just might help you avoid an overvalued stock,

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 for experiencing anxiety based on irrational thoughts and finding it difficult to control their responses. So what exactly causes OCD? The frustrating answer is we don't really know. However, we have some important clues. OCD is considered a neurobiological disorder.

Debunking the myths of...

 And by studying how tardigrades survive prolonged exposure to the vacuum of outer space, scientists can generate clues about the environmental limits of life and how to safeguard astronauts. In the process, tardigrades could even help us answer a critical

Meet the tardigrade, the...

 by devising a complex riddle involving this list of clues. Can you resist tackling a brain teaser written by one of the smartest people in history? Let's give it a shot. The world's rarest fish has been stolen from the city aquarium.

Can you solve...

 after the city fell into ruin archeologists paid their first visit the ensuing decades of excavations have unearthed countless clues that tell the tale of mohenjo-daro but it still holds secrets for us to discover

Mohenjo Daro 101 PIPE...

 people that had no clue what people like myself were going through and so today I want you to know that when you see me I am NOT which engine to look like I'm just a courageous person who dares to be

Walking in your truth as...

 Once navigators neared their destination, other clues, such as the flight patterns of birds, floating debris or vegetation, and types of fish in the area helped determine the proximity of land.

How did Polynesian...

 but it's now thought that vents like these could be the birthplace of all life on earth unlocking the secrets of earth's deep seas could provide clues to life elsewhere in the universe

Clue

A piece of information or evidence that helps you solve a problem.

To tell or inform someone about something.

Usage tips

A detail that guides you in solving a puzzle.

In a play, a line of dialogue or an action which gives an indication to an actor about what should happen next.

Usage tips

Mystery Context

Solving Puzzles

Examine Closely

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