This is an incomplete list of the most common anagram indicators used in cryptic crosswords. Note that almost any word indicating activity, movement or ...

The typical anagram clue in a cryptic crossword consists of three parts: a definition, an anagram indicator, and the anagram fodder (the letters to be shuffled) ...

Anagram – This is the best-known cryptic clue type. In an anagram, the letters of one or more words are rearranged to form another word or phrase. The ...

Anagram Clues · Cheap (anag.) (5) · Go near fresh fruit (6) · Keeps dissolving in tears (7) · Get cast adrift in boat (6) · Times when things appear obscure? (6)

The answers are TSAR (“Russian ruler”), an anagram of STAR; and METEOR (“space rock”), an anagram of REMOTE.

An anagram indicator (or anagrind) tells the solver to rearrange the letters of text within the clue (eg 'Drunken men are more despicable' for MEANER).

26 апр. 2012 г. · An anagram is one word formed from the same set of letters in another word. CIDER is an anagram of CRIED, for example.

The essential components of an anagram clue are a definition of the answer, the letters in the anagram (known as fodder), and some form of wording.

4 июн. 2013 г. · Anagrams are probably the most basic cryptic clues — often the simplest to recognize — and easiest to solve. There are usually three, and ...

20 февр. 2023 г. · In cryptic crosswords, a commonly used wordplay is to anagram some letters. I've seen many different indicators for anagrams, ...