Anagram indicator
churn
“churn” 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
- churn, churns, churned, churning
- Subtlety
- moderate
- Part of speech
- verb, adjective, participle
- Themes
- movement, cooking
“Output: top curd churned (7)”
Answer: PRODUCT
Definition: "Output" — something made or yielded. "churned" signals an anagram. The fodder is "top curd" (7 letters). Rearranging T-O-P-C-U-R-D gives PRODUCT.
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