Clue collection

[Running updates to the collection are here.]

Here are some clues that have made me grin, if not gasp. Collected over the years from multiple sources, I've divided them here into their clue-types.

&lit

In which the entire clue is the definition and the wordplay. The jewel of the English language.

semi-&lit

In which the entire clue is the definition, and most of it is the wordplay. Usually set if a perfect &lit cannot be devised, but produces an effect no less startling.

cryptic definition

In which the entire clue is the definition and no wordplay is involved. Often devilishly misleading.

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