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I used the term here a couple of years ago because I didn't know what to call the beast, and was informed that the correct term is indirect anagram. I still prefer ghost anagram, and I think using one is never justified. There are simple ones, like using "demented duck", say, to arrive at "late" (from teal), but one can see (I think) how unfair this really is. I for one feel that the anagram fodder should be present in the clue, no matter how short or simple the anagram is.

One appeared early this morning on a thread by tombola.

sitting in streetcar experience mounting confusion (5,4)
Answer: mare's nest (confusion)
streetcar = tram
experience = sense
mounting (in reverse)

i totally agree with Aristophanes, they are rubbish and anybody who uses them should be shot! (i think that's what he meant).

sorry Jazzgirl, but i think that clue is ok (at least in terms of shooting the setter).
surely it is just one synonym inside another backwards?

Perhaps not shot, trevor, but neutered at least.

Isn't that the same thing trevor? Chrise also took it as a ghost anagram. I'm still learning

Oh right, I see what you mean (no anagram at all)

No, trevor's right; it isn't an anagram.

Sorry, Miss Jazz. Crossed posts.

Trevor's point is good - I had missed that - though there is a "ghostly" hint about it though - a "ghost reversed hidden word" perhaps?