Question

Crossword of The Da
UBLE DEFINITION: East
opean post (4)​

Answer 1

Answer:

Decoding Double Definitions

A double definition clue, as the name indicates, has two definitions for the same word. This technique is used to clue homographs – words that have the same spelling but different meanings and usually different etymology.

Double Definition Clue Structure: The clue contains two distinct parts

1. Definition 1

2. Definition 2

The two definitions may be joined together by connectors (prepositions, conjunctions, etc).

Example II (from THC 8422):

Robust author (5) HARDY [2]

Definition 1: Robust

Definition 2: author

Example II (from THC 2611):

Bike was blue (5) MOPED [2]

Definition 1: Bike

Definition 2: was blue

Double definition clues are one of the exceptions to the typical cryptic clue structure (Definition + Subsidiary Indication), the others being &Lit and Cryptic Definitions.