Notices Fleet Street boss introducing a thousand retrograde working areas (8)

From Times Cryptic 29576, 1A —

1A — Notices Fleet Street boss introducing a thousand retrograde working areas (8)DESKTOPS

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'working areas' — The straight definition sits at one end — here two words at the very end name a kind of surface you work at.
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'introducing'
  • Operation
    'introducing' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'Notices Fleet Street boss a thousand'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'retrograde'
  • Operation
    'retrograde' signals a reversal operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'Notices Fleet Street boss a thousand'
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'Notices' → SPOTS
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'Fleet Street boss' → ED
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'thousand' → K
  • Assembly
    (SPOTSED + K > SPOT(K)SED) > SPOTKSED = DESKTOPS

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