The typical anagram clue in a cryptic crossword consists of three parts: a definition, an anagram indicator,
and the anagram fodder (the letters to be shuffled).
For example:
Do legal owners free birds? (4-5,4)
Anagram fodder: Do legal owners
Anagram indicator: free
Definition: birds
The ability to recognise anagram indicators - FREE, FRESH, NOVEL, RESORT, NUTS, IN A WHIRL, AT SEA, etc. -
is one of the essential skills of a cryptic crossworder.
The list of anagram indicators presented here is by no means intended to be exhaustive, but it should provide information
about almost all the anagram indicators that you are likely to encounter in a cryptic crossword.
Click on any indicator in the list to view its entry in the Cryptic Crossword Dictionary.
