Minute Cryptic hint
Hints are teaching tools, not a skip button. Spend them in order so the parse still belongs to you.
On this board the hint button walks three rungs. Rung one isolates the definition. Rung two names the mechanism (Anagram is common). Rung three writes a confirmed letter into a cell.
Today, Thursday, 8 October 2026
Later mixed as a warning (5)
First hint (definition)
Warning is the definition.
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