Ancient dialect of US capital taking over Rhode Island (5)

From Times Cryptic 29550, 17A —

17A — Ancient dialect of US capital taking over Rhode Island (5) — DORIC

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'Ancient dialect' — A Greek dialect
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'taking'
  • Operation
    'taking' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'US capital over Rhode Island'
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'US capital' → DC
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'over' → O
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'Rhode Island' → RI
  • Assembly
    DC + O + RI = D(ORI)C

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