Marine, excellent in sea, fabulous swimmer (7)
5A — Marine, excellent in sea, fabulous swimmer (7) — MERMAID
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Definition
Definition found: 'fabulous swimmer' — 'fabulous swimmer' is the definition — it sits at one end of the clue, as definitions always do.'fabulous swimmer' is the definition — it sits at one end of the clue, as definitions always do.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'in''in' tells us one piece goes inside another.
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Operation
'in' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'Marine, excellent sea,'
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'Marine, excellent'Look for the standard cryptic abbreviations in the clue — short words that stand in for one or two letters.
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Assembly
MED + RMAI = ME(RMAI)D