Anagram · Acrostic indicator
original
“original” 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.
Depending on the clue, “original” can also act as an acrostic indicator.
- Clue types
- Anagram, Acrostic
- Subtlety
- subtle
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Themes
- transformation
Note: Original letters = first letters.
“'Err, tut!' — clumsily rebuilt tower (6)”
Answer: TURRET
Definition: "tower". "clumsily rebuilt" flags an anagram. Take the letters of 'Err, tut!' — E, R, R, T, U, T. Rearranged, they spell TURRET, a tower.
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