Anagram indicator
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“off” 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
- subtle
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Themes
- sport
Note: as in "off form" or "gone off".
“Happy once TNT goes off (7)”
Answer: CONTENT
Definition: "Happy" — meaning satisfied or pleased. "goes off" signals an anagram. The fodder is "once TNT" (7 letters: O-N-C-E-T-N-T). Rearranging those letters gives CONTENT.
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