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Parseword #43

2026-03-12

Puzzle 43

The Clue

"Man has concise, radical, and Independent slant"

8 letters · 4 transforms

Hint ladder

Reveal one hint at a time so the page can help without immediately spoiling the puzzle.

  1. Hint 1Hidden until revealed
  2. Hint 2Hidden until revealed
  3. Hint 3Hidden until revealed
  4. Hint 4Hidden until revealed
  5. Hint 5Hidden until revealed
  6. Hint 6Hidden until revealed
  7. Hint 7Hidden until revealed

Answer

GRADIENT

Definition: slant (at the end of the clue)

How to solve it

  1. Replace 'man' with GENT (a gentleman).

    man → GENT

  2. 'Concise' indicates taking a shortened form — select RAD from 'radical'.

    concise radical → RAD

  3. Replace 'Independent' with its standard abbreviation I.

    Independent → I

  4. 'Has' acts as the combining indicator — join all parts: G-RAD-I-ENT.

    G + RAD + I + ENT → GRADIENT

What you learned today

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