The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ANAGRAMS
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More clues leading to the result ANAGRAMS
- Strike a pose and rise to speak, for example?
- Like Eric Clapton, narcoleptic?
- For instance, they include ant since also an insect
- I sometimes employ them when animals are trapped
- A range of farm animals revealed in different views of letters
- They may make grandee enraged or angered
- For Lois, Peter ordered profiteroles: and us, some mousse
- Setters use these collections of anecdotes to carry weight
- The ones he notes? These are not straight
- A horse hits Ramon and Norma, say
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "disordered collections of letters" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case disordered collections of letters = anagrams.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does ANAGRAMS mean?
ANAGRAMS noun- (of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
- To form anagrams.