Clue
Eye doctor orders bifocals and heads back home (5)
Answer
ABODE
This puzzle was solved by OpenAI’s O3 Mini large language model using a zero-shot prompt without any context about cryptic crossword clues.
Explanation
We start by noting that the definition is “home” (at the end of the clue), and the rest of the clue tells you how to build that word.
The clue is: “Eye doctor orders bifocals and heads back home (5)”
Breakdown: • “Eye doctor orders bifocals and heads” tells you to take the “heads” (i.e. the first letters) of the words: Eye → E Doctor → D Orders → O Bifocals → B And → A
• This gives the string: E D O B A. • The word “back” instructs you to reverse that string. Reversing E D O B A yields A B O D E.
• “Abode” is a synonym for “home.”
Thus, the answer is ABODE.
This explanation was generated using OpenAI’s O3 Mini large language model.