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Anagram Crossword Answers
In the anagram crossword puzzles I've coloured the components of the clue below, so you can see how each component fits into the overall clue:
Green = Anagram Indicator
Blue = The anagram itself
Purple = The clue
Across
1. Escaped from despair and had hope (7)
5. Goes into a stupor from dross we rewrote (7)
6. Concert that’s not confined or composed in opera (4,3)
7. Shred it into a jumble of flaps (7)
Down
1. Iron dad perhaps gave to robotic help (7)
2. Complain about Potter’s spellcasting (7)
3. Summarize wrong directions to a street (7)
4. Sets red herring and leaves (7)
Anagram Answers
Across
1. Aspired
5. Drowses
6. Open air
7. Dithers
Down
1. Android
2. Protest
3. Restate
4. Deserts
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"Sounds Like" Answers
Across
4. Allowed (aloud)
5. Hirsute (her suit)
6. Beatles (beetles)
Down
1. Plaited (plated)
2. Corsets (core sets)
3. Weather (whether)
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Pure Cryptic Crossword Answers
Across
4. Toaster
5. Referee
8. Strauss
Down
1. Hole
2. Star
3. Tree
5. Rush
6. Fire
7. Easy
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