Much better Rossim - the really big problem I have is when the anagram is not a word in the clue but an anagram of a synonym of a word in a clue if that makes sense.
I follow you totally.
I set crosswords from time to time for our local club magazine and never use that method. It doesn't really seem fair, but that's just my opinion and I expect many will disagree. I only solve them by finding a word and working backwards!
I hope you don't mind me asking but do you think you can learn to be good at cryptic crosswords? Its only been about four months that I have been doing them - with the aid of the forum of course - and I am still struggling. Everytime I think I have moved forward something else is thrown into the mix. I sometimes wonder if it really is a different way of thinking.
'indirect anagrams' - indirams? - or 'ghost anagrams' as Aristophanes calls them, are usually s**t it my book. i agree that it normally involves working backwards.
Keep on emrach - it really does come with practice (notice how carefully I spelled that!). If I'm away for a week or two, it takes soem time to get back into the hang of it.
Thanks ChrisE I do love the challenge and as long as all of you don't mind my asking I will continue. Enjoying a glass of vino at the moment and looking through previous posts to, hopefully, learn some more.
i made that word up (indirams).
i was going to say the same as ChrisE but couldn't decide on the correct spelling of 'Practise' so i bottled it.
best way to learn (i reckon) is to look at the answers and work out why the answers fit.