Anagram indicator
crack
“crack” 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
- crack, cracks, cracked, cracking
- Subtlety
- subtle, moderate
- Part of speech
- verb, adjective, participle
- Themes
- destruction
“House cracked? Oh, me! (4)”
Answer: HOME
Definition: "House". "cracked" signals an anagram. Rearrange the letters of "Oh, me" (O, H, M, E). Anagram gives HOME — a house.
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