Old character conflicted about leader of house (5)

From Times Cryptic 29573, 22D —

22D — Old character conflicted about leader of house (5)THORN

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'Old character' — The first two words mean an obsolete letter of the alphabet.
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'about'
  • Operation
    'about' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'conflicted house'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'leader of'
  • Operation
    'leader of' signals a letter_selection operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'house'
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'conflicted' → TORN
  • Assembly
    TORN + H = T(H)ORN

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