Goad that is pressing fairly soft part of elephant briefly (7)

From Times Cryptic 29550, 6D —

6D — Goad that is pressing fairly soft part of elephant briefly (7) — IMPETUS

  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'briefly'
  • Operation
    'briefly' signals a deletion operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'elephant'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'pressing'
  • Operation
    'pressing' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'that is fairly soft part of elephant'
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'that is' → IE
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'fairly soft' → MP
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'part of elephant' → TUSK
  • Assembly
    IE + MP + (TUSK - K > TUS) = I(MP)ETUS

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