Concede reader's run off without article (9)
16D — Concede reader's run off without article (9) — SURRENDER
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Definition
Definition found: 'Concede' — The first word is the straight definition.The first word is the straight definition.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'without article''without' tells you to drop something — here a little grammar word's letter.
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Operation
'without article' signals a deletion operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'reader's'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'off'A word meaning 'gone astray' is a nudge to rearrange letters.
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Operation
'off' signals a anagram operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'reader's run'
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Assembly
(READERS - A > REDERS) + RUN > REDERSRUN = SURRENDER