"semi-&lit" meaning in All languages combined

See semi-&lit on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: semi-&lits [plural]
Etymology: semi- + &lit Etymology templates: {{affix|en|semi-|&lit}} semi- + &lit Head templates: {{en-noun}} semi-&lit (plural semi-&lits)
  1. (crosswording) An extended definition clue, especially one in which the definition is only a word like this or who that cannot define the answer alone. Categories (topical): Crosswording
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          "ref": "2024 August 23, Peter Biddlecombe, “Sunday Times clue writing contest 2032: Stir-fry”, in Sunday Times:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 March 20, Loonapick, “Guardian Cryptic 29,335 by Jack”, in Fifteensquare:",
          "text": "Who published articles in German about scientific topics originally? (8)\nEIN + EIN (\"articles in German\") about S(cientific) T(opics) [originally] and semi &lit.",
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          "ref": "2024 June 4, “Clue Of The Day: The Times: 4 June 2020”, in Cracking the Cryptic:",
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        "(crosswording) An extended definition clue, especially one in which the definition is only a word like this or who that cannot define the answer alone."
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          "ref": "2024 August 23, Peter Biddlecombe, “Sunday Times clue writing contest 2032: Stir-fry”, in Sunday Times:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 March 20, Loonapick, “Guardian Cryptic 29,335 by Jack”, in Fifteensquare:",
          "text": "Who published articles in German about scientific topics originally? (8)\nEIN + EIN (\"articles in German\") about S(cientific) T(opics) [originally] and semi &lit.",
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