Daily clue ·
29 September 2026 · №1 of 10
Deletion
Close once night turns tailless (4)
Answer length: 4Par 2
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4 letters · par 2
Close once night turns tailless (4)
Indicator: tailless
Answer & explanation
NIGH — 4
Village green when the lamps still flicker. Tailless sheds the last T of night and leaves NIGH. Close is the nearly sense — hard by, almost there. Soft mist and a bent stile cloak the deletion as dusk chat, not a naked calendar trim.
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