Broken bone starts to fuse rapidly and heal, taking time (8)

From Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31260, 1A

1A — Broken bone starts to fuse rapidly and heal, taking time (8) — FRACTURE

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'Broken bone'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'starts to'
  • Operation
    'starts to' signals a letter_selection operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'fuse rapidly and'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'taking'
  • Operation
    'taking' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'heal, time'
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'heal,' → CURE
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'time' → T
  • Assembly
    FRA + (CURE + T > C(T)URE) = FRACTURE

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