Agents shield Philby, their leader revealing the most Crossword Clue

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Understanding Today's Crossword Puzzle

Today's clue is "Agents shield Philby, their leader revealing the most" and the answer for this clue is "SKIMPIEST."

The clue contains a clever wordplay that leads us to the answer "SKIMPIEST." Let's break it down:

• Agents: This suggests that we are looking for a plural noun indicating people who act as agents or spies.
• Shield Philby: This portion of the clue is indicating that we need to remove the letters of the name "Philby" from the answer. "Philby" is the leader who needs to be shielded, i.e., hidden within the answer.
• Their leader: This phrase implies that we should remove the first letter of the remaining answer after removing "Philby."
• Revealing the most: The final part of the clue hints at selecting the superlative form of the answer, revealing that it should indicate the "most" of something.

Putting all these elements together, we take the noun "SPY" as the base word for the answer. Removing "Philby" from "SKIMPIEST" leaves us with "SKIST," our original base word. Finally, removing the first letter "S" from "SKIST" gives us "KIST," which is the superlative form of the word "SKIMPIEST."

Therefore, the answer to today's crossword clue, "Agents shield Philby, their leader revealing the most," is "SKIMPIEST."

 The Crossword clue "Agents shield Philby, their leader revealing the most" published 1 time/s & has 1 answer/s. 

Crossword	Date	Answer
Independent.co.uk - Cryptic	15 September 2020	SKIMPIEST