Board members and former partners retaining copyright (5)

From Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31254, 19A

19A — Board members and former partners retaining copyright (5)EXECS

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'Board members'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'retaining'
  • Operation
    'retaining' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'former partners copyright'
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'former partners' → EXES
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'copyright' → C
  • Assembly
    EXES + C = EXE(C)S

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