Anagram indicator
wild
“wild” 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
- wild, wildly
- Subtlety
- subtle
- Part of speech
- adjective, adverb
- Themes
- weather, nature
“College wildly rives unity (10)”
Answer: UNIVERSITY
Definition: "College" — a place of higher learning. "wildly" signals an anagram. The fodder is "rives unity" (10 letters). Rearranging the letters of RIVES UNITY gives the answer. UNIVERSITY.
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