Definition of "clue" []

• Something that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem or mystery. (noun)
• To give (someone) guiding information: Clue me in on what's happening. (verb-transitive)
• Variant of clew1. (noun)
• Variant of clew1. (verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""My hunch would be that the clue is the idea of a regulation," said the scholar."
• "Publius, the likes of you calling me classless and without a clue is a compliment."
• "Coincidence; that was what you called a clue that you were too lazy or too scared to run down."