Clothing company always primarily protected by patent (8)

From Times Cryptic 29562, 23A —

23A — Clothing company always primarily protected by patent (8)OVERCOAT

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'Clothing'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'primarily'
  • Operation
    'primarily' signals a letter_selection operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'always'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'protected by'
  • Operation
    'protected by' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'company always patent'
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'company' → CO
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'patent' → OVERT
  • Assembly
    CO + A + OVERT = OVER(COA)T

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