Locating neckwear, dicky bow, in locked room (7)
18D — Locating neckwear, dicky bow, in locked room (7) — COWBELL
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Definition
Definition found: 'Locating neckwear,'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'dicky''dicky' (UK slang for bow tie) signals the letters of the adjacent word need rearranging — and confirms 'bow' here means a bow tie's BOW.
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Operation
'dicky' signals a anagram operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'bow,'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'in''in' places the rearranged letters inside another word.
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Operation
'in' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'locked room'
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Assembly
CELL + OWB = C(OWB)ELL