Feeling nice, oddly, what about that? (5)
25D — Feeling nice, oddly, what about that? (5) — HUNCH
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Definition
Definition found: 'Feeling' — A hunch is an intuitive feeling — a gut instinct.A hunch is an intuitive feeling — a gut instinct.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'oddly,''oddly' in cryptics signals taking the odd-positioned letters of the adjacent word.
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Operation
'oddly,' signals a letter_selection operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'nice,'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'about''about' is a standard container indicator — one piece wraps around another.
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Operation
'about' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'nice, what that?'
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'what that?' → HUH'what … that?' = HUH — the interjection of confusion or surprise.
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Assembly
HUH + NC = HU(NC)H