Container

In a clue with a container, a word goes inside of another to make a new word.

Indicators

Common container indicators include:

  • in
  • inside
  • about
  • around
  • holding
  • containing
  • grasping
  • covering
  • enclosing
  • wrapped in
  • surrounding
  • encasing
  • embracing
  • included in
  • held by

Examples

Don eats Ann's brand of yogurt (6)

  • The definition is brand of yogurt
  • eats indicates a container

d(ann)on = dannon

dannon

Spanish gentlemen taking interest in old people (7)

  • The definition is old people
  • Spanish gentlemen can be senors
  • interest can be i
  • taking indicates a container

sen(i)ors = seniors

seniors