Press & Journal Cryptic Saturday

[lucymac]

I have gone over this puzzle again and again and can't find my mistake but as I cannot work out the anagram there definitely must be a mistake somewhere. Does anyone have the answer to the anagram? If so could you please let me know so that I can backtrack and see where I went wrong. Thank you.

[Captain2]

What are the letters to the anagram?

[Lie-in King]

What letters do you have for the anagram & is there a clue to the definition?

[lucymac]

aioeterdgn

[Lie-in King]

Does the puzzle say what the anagram refers to?

[scorpiojo]

Ingredient if you change A and O to I and E

[scorpiojo]

Scrap that^

[Lie-in King]

It could be many things - eg, 'O' to 'C' gives 'Centigrade'

[scorpiojo]

..to I and N

[lucymac]

sorry no clue as to subject of anagram you just take the letters from the coloured squares and find the anagram so therefore one of the letters in said squares must be wrong also sorry for the delay keep getting booted

[lucymac]

Thank you so much everyone for your help.Will leave it for a while but not giving up just yet. xxx

[xcutter]

The letters are AIOETIRDGN from which I get ORIGINATED. You have E for the sixth letter where it should be I. Middle letter of whist.

[lucymac]

Thank you so much xcutter. Mr. mac insisted that the answer to 16a was chess and I went along with him lol. It is as plain as day now. Many thanks I was going mad here. x

[xcutter]

Ha ha! I know the feeling lucymac! I always enjoy doing the Finnies crossword and the anagram can be a struggle if you've made an error. Good luck!