Anagram indicator
confuse
“confuse” 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
- confuse, confused, confuses, confusing
- Subtlety
- moderate
- Part of speech
- verb, adjective, participle
- Themes
- disorder
“Confused AI did not increase (8)”
Answer: ADDITION
Definition: "increase" — a sum or amount added on. "Confused" signals an anagram. The fodder is "AI did not" (8 letters). Rearranging A-I-D-I-D-N-O-T gives ADDITION.
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