Acrostic indicator
at the end
“at the end” is an acrostic indicator in cryptic crosswords.
Also called letter-selection: you read the initial or final letters of consecutive words to spell part of the answer. Indicators point to beginnings, ends, or leaders.
- Clue types
- Acrostic
- Subtlety
- moderate
- Part of speech
- phrase
“Heads of police arrest nervous intruder, causing alarm (5)”
Answer: PANIC
Definition: "alarm". "Heads of" tells you to take the leading letter of each following word. The words "police arrest nervous intruder causing" give P, A, N, I, C. Reading those initials in order spells PANIC.
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