Reduced to ashes (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">reduced to ashes</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('cremate' can be a synonym of 'reduce to ashes')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for cremated that I've seen before include "Of corpse, burned to ashes" , "Burnt (a body)" , "Erect dam (anag)" .)