"Never coming back!" Dining experience ends with cold dish? (7) Minute Cryptic Crossword Clue
Searching for the answer to "Never coming back!" Dining experience ends with cold dish? (7) in today’s Minute Cryptic Crossword? Look no further! We’ve provided the solution to help you finish the puzzle and make the most of your crossword-solving experience.
Hints
This clue's indicators are 'coming back' and 'ends'. One of these is a reversal - some neighbouring letters will turn around. And the other is a selection indicator guiding us to focus on one or more specific letters in some nearby fodder.
This clue's fodder is 'Never' and 'Dining experience'. We'll use these letters (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).
Our definition here is 'cold dish?', and the question mark suggests an extra bit of stretch or pun-play. In this case, our answer will be a word for a dish best served cold?
The answer to "Never coming back!" Dining experience ends with cold dish? (7) is REVENGE.
REVENGE is correct because “cold dish?” is a clear pointer to the proverb “Revenge is a dish best served cold.”
The “Never coming back!” restaurant line is surface misdirection that sets a dining scene while also hinting at anger and payback—leading neatly to REVENGE.
Minute Cryptic
A Minute Cryptic is a type of crossword puzzle that focuses on very short, often tricky clues that require quick and sharp thinking. These puzzles typically feature concise clues that challenge solvers to think outside the box and consider alternative meanings, wordplay, or indirect references.
Unlike traditional cryptic clues, which may have more detailed explanations, Minute Cryptics are designed to be solved in a very short amount of time, often making them ideal for quick bursts of mental exercise. They tend to require both a good understanding of wordplay and a high level of familiarity with common crossword conventions, but their brevity makes them a fun and engaging challenge for puzzle enthusiasts.
