Girl's parent used to make buttons (6-2-5)
13A — Girl's parent used to make buttons (6-2-5) — MOTHER-OF-PEARL
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Definition
The whole clue is one cryptic definition — read it laterally.Read it whole, with a wink at the girl's name — the parent of a girl called Pearl, the nacre that buttons are cut from.
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Indicator
Indicator found: ''No indicator words — a cryptic definition has no wordplay split, just a playful read of the whole clue.
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Wordplay
Wordplay: Cryptic definitionThe whole clue acts as one playful definition, no wordplay parts to break out.
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Assembly
MOTHEROFPEARL = MOTHER-OF-PEARL