Did row ultimately undo American revolutionary? (5)
20A — Did row ultimately undo American revolutionary? (5) — OARED
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Definition
Definition found: 'Did row'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'ultimately''ultimately' tells us to pick specific letters — first, last, alternating, etc.
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Operation
'ultimately' signals a letter_selection operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'undo'
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'American' → ALook for the standard cryptic abbreviations in the clue — short words that stand in for one or two letters.
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Assembly
O + A + RED = OARED