Use the Center Letter(s)

EXAMPLE: Civic Center close to market (4) [1]

NOTE: Usually, these indicators are used to clue the middle letter of a word with an odd number of letters. I have also seen them used to indicate the middle two letters of a word with an even number of letters, and even occasionally to clue all letters in a word but the first and last (which is also covered by the indicators on the “Delete the Outer Letters” list).

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BELLY

CENTER

CENTERPIECE

CENTRAL

CENTRAL CHARACTER IN / OF

CENTRAL TO

CORE

CRUX

EPICENTER

ESSENSE

ESSENTIALLY

FILLING

GIST

GUT

HALFWAY

HALFWAY POINT

HEART / AT HEART / AT ITS HEART

KERNEL

MEAT

MIDDLE

MIDDRIFF

MIDPOINT

NAVEL

NERVE CENTER

NUB

NUCLEUS

PIT

PITH

PIVOT POINT

SPINE

WITHIN

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