Definition of "cluing" [cluing]

• Present participle of clue. (verb)

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• "Dr. Purnell: who knows, her handling of her unhappiness was instrumental in cluing the public in about Griffin, and therefore useful, but it calls into question her political tactical maturity."
• "He arrived minutes later, his grave expression cluing me in that this was going to be bad."
• "My quibble with the Rev was simply the fact that a classically themed puzzle was further complicated by cluing that invariably involved other often arcane literary knowledge or passe cultural references which while I must stress were fine for me and I'm sure the majority of regulars here simply reinforced the prejudice that crosswords are not for the young."