Found this for you sparkle:
The clue is: Return friends' makeup (4 letters)
What you're really being asked is to think of a word which both (a) means "makeup" and (b) is a word for "friends" when you "return" it: that is, when you spell it backwards.
This is an example of how the cryptic crossword can be easier than the quick: there are many four-letter words which mean "friends" – BUDS or BROS, say, or AMIS. But even the fanciest cosmetic counter doesn't have any SIMA, SORB or SDUB. The only word which works is ****, which you can write in backwards to give the colloquial term for make-up, ****.
Any suggestions anyone.
Hope it makes sense. Once you get the hang of it it gets easier although all compilers have there own way of doing it & if you can get on their wave length then it gets easier.
Good luck girls.
