Building illegally occupied most of courtyard in street (5)

23D — Building illegally occupied most of courtyard in street (5) — SQUAT

• Definition
  Definition found: 'Building illegally occupied'
• Indicator
  Indicator found: 'most of'
• Operation
  'most of' signals a deletion operation
• Fodder
  Fodder: 'courtyard'
• Indicator
  Indicator found: 'in'
• Operation
  'in' signals a container operation
• Fodder
  Fodder: 'courtyard street'
• Synonym
  Synonyms spotted: 'courtyard' → QUAD
• Abbreviation
  Abbreviations spotted: 'street' → ST
• Assembly
  (QUAD - D > QUA) + ST = S(QUA)T

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