Meaning of double duty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The performance of two roles simultaneously.
2. A cryptic device or cluing error whereby a term forms part of both the definition and the wordplay.

Equivalents

Examples

“But if a token phenomenal feel⟳ does double⟳ duty in this way (as a token of an aspect of both the pain and our way of thinking of the pain), no extra specter of dualism arises.”

“I find⟳ this anagram fascinating, a message from the god of language. Mess serves double⟳ duty here, as synonym and as anagram tip-off.”

“"working" here does double⟳ duty as an anagram indicator and as a main constituent of the definition.”

“Dunnart is undoubtedly audacious in suggesting that the first word of “Skip⟳ the front page of paper, heading for crossword instead?” might not be really doing double⟳ duty.”

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