Cream tea uncovered, with fewer calories? (5)

From Times Cryptic 29535, 9A —

9A — Cream tea uncovered, with fewer calories? (5) — ELITE

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'Cream' — The 'cream' of the crop refers to the best of a group.
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'uncovered,'
  • Operation
    'uncovered,' signals a deletion operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'tea'
  • Assembly
    (TEA > E) + LITE = ELITE

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