Clues
Expectations and clues are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Expectations" instead a noun "Clues".
Expectations
Clues and expectations are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clues" instead a noun "Expectations".
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- There is a very minor clue pointing towards the identity of the thief, so technically it's possible to guess who it is, but all the major clues are there just to play with the reader's expectations of this being a Fair Play Mystery.
Source: Fair-Play Whodunnit -
Season 19, not so much with the challenges, but the clues, as they seemed to have been specifically designed to exploit teams who forget to Read The Freaking Clue, changed small things to throw off expectations of teams who knew the metagame, and exploited teams' tendencies to miss obvious things.
Source: Series / The Amazing Race
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