Anagram indicator
in a stew
“in a stew” 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
- moderate
- Part of speech
- phrase
- Themes
- disorder, cooking
Note: anagram phrase.
“Ministers in a stew, I can bet (7)”
Answer: CABINET
Definition: Ministers. "in a stew" signals an anagram. Rearrange the letters of "I can bet" (I-C-A-N-B-E-T). Jumbled, they spell the answer: CABINET.
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