Anagram indicator
wreck
“wreck” 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
- wreck, wrecks, wrecked, wrecking
- Subtlety
- moderate
- Part of speech
- verb, adjective, participle
- Themes
- destruction
“Laden car wrecks the year's schedule (8)”
Answer: CALENDAR
Definition: "the year's schedule" — the thing that lays out every month and date of the year. "wrecks" signals an anagram. The fodder is "Laden car" — the eight letters L, A, D, E, N, C, A, R. Rearranging those letters gives the answer. LADEN CAR anagrammed gives CALENDAR.
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