Anagram indicator
thrash
“thrash” 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
- thrash, thrashed, thrashes, thrashing
- Subtlety
- moderate
- Part of speech
- verb, participle
- Themes
- conflict, destruction
Note: conflict verb.
“Manage ravaged corn lot (7)”
Answer: CONTROL
Definition: "Manage" — to direct or have command over. "ravaged" signals an anagram. Anagram fodder: "corn lot" (7 letters). Rearranging C-O-R-N-L-O-T gives the answer. CONTROL.
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