Beside them is an anagram signal, a figurative word or phrase that indicates that you must anagram letters. The digit 6 in parentheses tells you the answer is a six-letter word. In a charade, the answer is broken into pieces and clued piece by piece. Sometimes, the clue-writer gives the answer spelled out in its correct order right in the clue. No rearranging is necessary.
Some words have two meanings from different origins.
For these words, the clue- writer may just give the two definitions side by side. This homophone signal is always beside the definition of the homophone, not beside the definition of the actual answer word. Or the clue may tell you not to start the word, or not to finish it. That is, you drop the last letter. These are the eight types of word-play devices.