Today's Minute Cryptic Answer, Explained - October 6, 2026

Minute Cryptic Answers And Hints - October 6, 2026 Need help with today's Minute Cryptic? Published Oct 5, 2026, 11:31 AM EDT Allyson Cochran is a Chicago-based Editor at TheGamer who has worked as a journalist since 2020 and in games journalism since 2022. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and focuses primarily on guides, previews, and developer interviews, with particular expertise in cozy indie games and live-service FPS titles. She has interviewed numerous game directors, including those of games like Overwatch and Dead by Daylight. Allyson has written and edited thousands of guides, and she genuinely loves every minute of it. Today's Minute Cryptic is here to put your wordplay skills to the test. These clues might look like ordinary sentences at first glance, but there's usually plenty going on beneath the surface. If you're staring at today's clue wondering how on earth you're supposed to get from the wording to an answer, don't worry. We've got you covered. This guide breaks the clue down piece by piece, explaining the definition, fodder, and indicators and how they work together. If you're still stuck, you'll also find an extra hint to nudge you in the right direction before we reveal the full answer and explain exactly how everything comes together. Hints For Today's Minute Cryptic Clue Today's clue is 'Costumier lost three coats and jewellery in the dryer?' Below, we'll break down everything you need to solve it, from the Indicator, Fodder, and Definition to an extra hint if you're still stuck. What Is The Indicator? Instead of giving away the answer immediately, let this section do a little cryptic detective work first. Take a peek below if you want a nudge toward what the clue is asking you to do. This clue uses “lost” and “three coats” as its indicators. “Lost” is a deletion indicator, telling us that some of the fodder needs to disappear, while “three coats” is a selection indicator pointing to the positions of important letters in a neighboring word. What Is The Fodder? We've identified what the clue wants you to do, now it's time to figure out what you're supposed to do it to. This points you toward the exact fodder you need. The fodder here is “Costumier” and “jewellery.” We'll need to swap one of these out for a suitable substitute, then use some of the letters from the other to build the answer, following the clue's indicators. What Is The Definition? Need help finding out the definition? Here it is! The definition is “in the dryer?”, so we're looking for a word that could describe something found in a dryer. The question mark is our little hint that we need to think outside the box. Answer Hints This hint gets you considerably closer to today's answer without dropping the whole thing in your lap, so you can still enjoy that little ohhhh moment when everything clicks. Think about what your clothes are doing as the dryer spins them around and around. If the clue has completely defeated you, we reveal the answer and explain exactly how it all comes together below. Expand the spoiler below for the answer and a breakdown of how the definition, fodder, and indicator all come together. The answer is 'tumbling'. “Costumier” is the fodder for TUM. Take the three letters in the middle of costumier: TUM. “Jewellery” gives us BLING, a slang term for jewellery. “Lost” acts as the deletion indicator, telling us that the other letters of costumier are discarded. Put TUM + BLING together and you get TUMBLING. The definition, “in the dryer?”, gives the playful surface meaning: clothes are tumbling around in the dryer.