DEVICE C:  THE ADDWORDS
Words made up of other words.
eg. High priority to bring in insect = IMPORT+ANT=IMPORTANT
In the above case the answer word can be easily divided into "import" and "ant", the synonyms of which appear in blue italics.

eg. Weight follows vehicle in box = CAR+TON=CARTON
In this case the two words "car" and "ton" are in the wrong order but the word "follows" suggests that the "ton" comes after the "car". If this were a clue for a word running downwards it could read this way:
eg. Weight supports vehicle in box = carton.
The words "supports" indicates that the "ton" is below the "car", as if it were physically holding it up. Write the word "carton" downwards to see what I mean.

Contractions and pronouns are also commonly used as many words include the letters "I", "me, ill" (I will), "id" (I had) and "I've" (I have).

Sometimes the answer required is a phrase which can be made up of several different words simply by shifting the word breaks:
eg. A label pole is seen with a cursory look = AT A GLANCE
The answer can be read as "a tag(label) lance(pole)" without altering the letter sequence.

This device is unlikely to be used for short answer words (4 letters or less) for obvious reasons.
  Suspect the use of this device when you see words like:
I, me, follows, supports, comes, after, precedes, above, below, before, contractible verbs, is seen, appears, or when you can see that several words in the clue have short synonyms which could perhaps be added to make a word.
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