You can eliminate punctuation and capitalization if you prefer, but some of our clue experts may be able to do a better job with the exact clue.
Some puzzles use italics to indicate titles.
It can help to use a blank clue just to see what words match the letter pattern you've got. You may find . If you are absolutely sure of a letter, enter a capital letter in that positon. If you are pretty sure of a letter, enter a lower case letter in that position. The candidate list that is returned is annotated with which words match the clue in the database.