Anagram indicator
cocktail
“cocktail” 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
- Subtlety
- subtle
- Part of speech
- noun
- Themes
- cooking
Note: mixed collection.
“Deal with a tonic cocktail (6)”
Answer: ACTION
Definition: "Deal with" — to handle or process something, which is what ACTION means as a verb. "a tonic" gives the letters A, T, O, N, I, C. "cocktail" signals an anagram — mix up those letters. Rearranging A TONIC gives ACTION.
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