clue
• noun a fact or piece of evidence that helps to clarify a mystery or solve a problem. • verb (clues, clued, clueing) (clue in) informal inform. — PHRASES not have a clue informal be bewildered, incompetent, or ignorant. — ORIGIN originally denoting a ball of thread, hence one used to guide a person out of a labyrinth: variant of CLEW.
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