Contemporaries look mature renouncing whiskey (4,5)
3D — Contemporaries look mature renouncing whiskey (4,5) — PEER GROUP
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Definition
Definition found: 'Contemporaries' — A definition sits at one end of the clue, never the middle — which end reads as a plain word for people of the same age or standing?A definition sits at one end of the clue, never the middle — which end reads as a plain word for people of the same age or standing?
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'renouncing whiskey''renouncing' tells you to give up a letter; the word beside it names which one, using the alphabet pilots spell with.
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Operation
'renouncing whiskey' signals a deletion operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'mature'
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'look' → PEERRead the clue as a recipe — the first piece comes from a word meaning to look closely.
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'mature' → GROWUPBegin the second piece with the full phrase for becoming grown-up, before anything is dropped.
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Assembly
PEER + (GROWUP - W > GROUP) = PEER GROUP