Anagram indicator

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“new” 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
new, newly
Subtlety
subtle
Part of speech
adjective, adverb
Themes
transformation
Worked example

New beet cooked in the middle (7)

Answer: BETWEEN

Definition: "in the middle" — meaning between. "cooked" signals an anagram. The fodder is "New beet" (7 letters: N, E, W, B, E, E, T). Rearranging those letters gives BETWEEN.


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