Clue and Inspiration

Clue

Clue noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).

Usage example: vainly searched for a clue to the answer

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Inspiration and clue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inspiration" instead a noun "Clue".

Nearby Words: clueless, clued, cluing

Inspiration noun - Arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity.

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Clue and inspiration are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clue" instead a noun "Inspiration".

good	good clue	good inspiration
musical	musical clue	musical inspiration
fresh	fresh clue	fresh inspiration
best	best clue	best inspiration
Other adjectives: particular, direct, initial, true, single, obvious, actual, real, big, great, huge, little, main, important, key, new, early, major, possible, visual, biggest.

Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, epic predecessor and undoubted inspiration to Tolkien (the clue's in the title).

Source: Our Dwarves Are All the Same
Not only are the protagonists named after herbs, but the contents of their garden often provide a clue to the murder...or at least serve as inspiration for the aesop at the end.

Source: Flower Motifs
In reference to the inspiration (and as a major "clue" the work is fictional), Flashman actually briefly appears in a Take That cameo, wherein he's presented as an Upper-Class Twit suffering from various venereal diseases that would be the likely result of all of his womanizing.

Source: Inspiration Nod

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