Anagram indicator
trouble
“trouble” 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
- trouble, troubled, troubles, troubling
- Subtlety
- moderate
- Part of speech
- verb, adjective, participle
- Themes
- emotion
“Enlist troubled Joni (4)”
Answer: JOIN
Definition: "Enlist" — to sign up or become a member. "troubled" signals an anagram. Anagram fodder: "Joni" (J, O, N, I). Rearranging J-O-N-I gives JOIN.
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