Anagram indicator
brew
“brew” is an anagram indicator in cryptic crosswords.
An anagram clue gives you the exact letters of the answer in a jumbled order, plus a word that signals the mix-up — words suggesting disorder, change, or breakage.
- Clue types
- Anagram
- Forms
- brew, brews, brewed, brewing
- Subtlety
- moderate
- Part of speech
- verb, adjective, participle
- Themes
- cooking
“Buy tea, brewed up — a stunner! (6)”
Answer: BEAUTY
Definition: "a stunner" — someone strikingly attractive. "Buy tea" supplies the letters B, U, Y, T, E, A. "brewed up" signals an anagram. Rearrange BUYTEA to spell the answer. The anagram of "buy tea" gives BEAUTY.
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