Old character conflicted about leader of house (5)
22D — Old character conflicted about leader of house (5) — THORN
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Definition
Definition found: 'Old character' — The first two words mean an obsolete letter of the alphabet.The first two words mean an obsolete letter of the alphabet.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'about''about' often means one piece is wrapped around another.
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Operation
'about' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'conflicted house'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'leader of''leader of' picks the opening letter of the next word.
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Operation
'leader of' signals a letter_selection operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'house'
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'conflicted' → TORNThe word for in-two-minds forms the shell.
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Assembly
TORN + H = T(H)ORN