Crossword answer · 13 letters
BURIESTHELEDE definition and meaning
BAIR-eez thuh leed · verb phrase
BURIESTHELEDE
What does BURIESTHELEDE mean?
Buries the lede means delays or obscures the most important information instead of presenting it prominently.
What does BURIESTHELEDE mean in a crossword?
BURIESTHELEDE can be clued as obscuring the main point. Theme clues may exploit the homophones BERRIES/BURIES and LEAD/LEDE.
Why is BURIESTHELEDE useful to learn?
A story can bury its main point several paragraphs down. The idiom is also used outside journalism when someone postpones the crucial part of an explanation.
Common clue patterns
- Delays the main point
- Hides the key news in later detail
- Fails to lead with the important information
These are editorially written pattern summaries, not a reproduced puzzle archive.
Other meanings to watch
Lede and lead can both name a story opening, pronounced leed. The metal lead has a different pronunciation. Do not infer a literal act of burial from the idiom.