Anagram indicator

doctor

“doctor” 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
doctor, doctors, doctored, doctoring
Subtlety
moderate
Part of speech
verb, adjective, participle
Themes
crime
Worked example

Supply doctored video PR (7)

Answer: PROVIDE

Definition: "Supply" — to furnish or provide. "doctored" signals an anagram. The fodder is "video PR" — seven letters to rearrange. Reshuffling those letters spells the answer. VIDEO PR anagrams to PROVIDE.


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