Communist brute devouring right winger (9)
6D — Communist brute devouring right winger (9) — REDBREAST
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Definition
Definition found: 'winger' — 'winger' is the definition — it sits at one end of the clue, as definitions always do.'winger' is the definition — it sits at one end of the clue, as definitions always do.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'devouring''devouring' tells us one piece goes inside another.
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Operation
'devouring' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'Communist brute right'
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'right' → RLook for the standard cryptic abbreviations in the clue — short words that stand in for one or two letters.
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Assembly
REDBEAST + R = REDB(R)EAST