Anagram indicator
to pieces
“to pieces” 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
Note: anagram phrase.
“Integrity? Oh Ron goes to pieces! (5)”
Answer: HONOR
Anagram ("goes to pieces" = breaks apart) of the fodder OH RON gives HONOR. Letters O,H,R,O,N rearrange to H,O,N,O,R. The definition is "Integrity" at the start. The surface reads as a complete exclamation about a man named Ron breaking down emotionally, which buries the anagram indicator and misdirects away from the answer.
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