In the Container Clue, however, one whole word must be contained within another whole word . The three basic types of Deletions are beheadments, curtailments, and internal deletions. The clue must contain an indicator word suggesting the deletion. In beheadments, a word loses its first letter. This might be suggested by a phrase such as lacks a leader or loses head.
Curtailments involve removal of the last letter.
The clue might be something like without end or almost . There may also be interior deletions. The word heartless often suggests deleting the middle letter of a word to get another word. This clue, which means and literally so , is rare but especially satisfying. In such a clue the second definition is unnecessary because the clue itself is a definition of the answer.