Drunk, keeping out of control mostly in declining years (8)

From Times Cryptic 29541, 15D —

15D — Drunk, keeping out of control mostly in declining years (8) — TWILIGHT

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'declining years'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'mostly'
  • Operation
    'mostly' signals a deletion operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'out of control'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'keeping'
  • Operation
    'keeping' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'Drunk, out of control'
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'Drunk,' → TIGHT
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'out of control' → WILD
  • Assembly
    TIGHT + (WILD - D > WIL) = T(WIL)IGHT

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