obvious clue

Examples (10)

• The muddy footprints were an obvious clue that someone had been in the house.
• Sometimes, the most obvious clue is the one we tend to overlook.
• The answer to the riddle was right there, an obvious clue everyone had missed.
• Despite the thief's best efforts, they left one obvious clue behind.
• The sudden color change in the liquid was an obvious clue that a reaction had occurred.
• Detectives were examining several obvious clues at the crime scene.
• Wasn't the spilled coffee the most obvious clue that he was in a hurry?
• He should have seen the obvious clue, but his mind was too preoccupied.
• The author cleverly hid an obvious clue in the book's seemingly simple title.
• I can't believe I didn't see that obvious clue in the puzzle earlier.