Take the following as truth: A clue for COCK might thus come to  number one in the pecking order dominates hens and crows (a quizzical statement, unless the word crows is read as a verb) or  creature with a cow's head and a bullock's rump found in a coop (first letter of cow plus last three letters of bullock ).
Then the following statement: "Clues may involve portions of words." is true, false, or inconclusive?
Answer: False