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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 See also:

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

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