Blooming depressed, cutting finger badly (9)
11A — Blooming depressed, cutting finger badly (9) — FLOWERING
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Definition
Definition found: 'Blooming' — The straight definition sits at one end of the clue — the other end is the wordplay recipe.The straight definition sits at one end of the clue — the other end is the wordplay recipe.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'badly'A word meaning 'in a mess' or 'wrongly' beside a short word is often a nudge to rearrange that word's letters.
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Operation
'badly' signals a anagram operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'finger'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'cutting'A word like 'cutting' between two pieces can mean one piece is slotted right into the other.
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Operation
'cutting' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'depressed, finger'
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'depressed,' → LOWA word for being down or dejected gives the short piece that gets tucked inside.
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Assembly
FERING + LOW = F(LOW)ERING