SIGNPOST
signpost
Noun
- a post bearing a sign that gives information on directions
- A word or phrase within a clue that serves as an indicator, rather than being fodder.
Verb
- to install signposts (on a route etc)
- To indicate logical progress of a discourse using words or phrases such as now, right, to recap, to sum up, as I was saying, etc.
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