Puzzling

Hidden word clues are less common in cryptics — a typical cryptic may just have one or two — but they are so nice and easy (which is why they're often in short supply in cryptics!), I thought it would be good to cover them early in the piece. If you can find the hidden word clues in a cryptic, they are a good way to get something  entered into the grid, which in turn will help you get a handle on the other clues. So, why are these clues so easy? Well, the answer to the clue is actually staring you in the face, within the clue! OK, the setter has no doubt tried their best to hide the fact that the answer is right there in front of you, in plain view. So they can be tricky to spot sometimes, but they are basically a very easy clue device. For example, the word PLAN can be hidden inside BI PLAN E. And the word ROSE can be hidden inside the words ALLEG RO SE RENADE. The last example is more typical of these sorts of clues ... the word is often split across two or even three ...