Anagram indicator

fashion

“fashion” 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
fashion, fashions, fashioned, fashioning
Subtlety
subtle
Part of speech
verb, adjective, participle
Themes
art, construction, fashion
Worked example

Servant fashioning a peg (4)

Answer: PAGE

Definition: "Servant". "fashioning" signals an anagram. Rearrange the letters of "a peg". Anagram of A-P-E-G gives PAGE, a servant.


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