Faster animal embracing hard time (7)

From Times Cryptic 29542, 19D —

19D — Faster animal embracing hard time (7) — TIGHTER

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'Faster'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'embracing'
  • Operation
    'embracing' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'animal hard time'
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'animal' → TIGER
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'hard' → H
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'time' → T
  • Assembly
    TIGER + HT = TIG(HT)ER

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