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CLUE

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 568 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLUE  , or CLEw (O . Eng. cluwe), originally a

ball of thread or wool, the thread of
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life, which, according to the fable, the Fates spin for every man . The ordinary figurative meaning, a piece of evidence leading to
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discovery, or a sign pointing to the right track, is derived from the story of
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Theseus, who was guided through the labyrinth by the ball of thread held by Ariadne .

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