Need to pay poet, barely holding on to wife (3)

14A — Need to pay poet, barely holding on to wife (3) — OWE

• Definition
  Definition found: 'Need to pay'
• Indicator
  Indicator found: 'barely'
• Operation
  'barely' signals a deletion operation
• Fodder
  Fodder: 'poet,'
• Indicator
  Indicator found: 'holding'
• Operation
  'holding' signals a container operation
• Fodder
  Fodder: 'poet, wife'
• Abbreviation
  Abbreviations spotted: 'wife' → W
• Assembly
  (> POET > OE) + W = O(W)E

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