Most of the booze brought over in time for soirée (5)
26A — Most of the booze brought over in time for soirée (5) — NIGHT
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Definition
Definition found: 'soirée' — A soirée is an evening event — a NIGHT out.A soirée is an evening event — a NIGHT out.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'Most of''Most of' tells us to drop a letter — usually the last.
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Operation
'Most of' signals a deletion operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'the'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'brought over''brought over' signals reversal — the gathered letters read backwards.
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Operation
'brought over' signals a reversal operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'the booze'
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Assembly
(THE - E > TH) + GIN > THGIN = NIGHT