One short idiot who is obsessively revered? (4)
24D — One short idiot who is obsessively revered? (4) — IDOL
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Definition
Definition found: 'who is obsessively revered?' — The tail describes someone worshipped to excess.The tail describes someone worshipped to excess.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'short''short' — drop the final letter of the next word.
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Operation
'short' signals a deletion operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'idiot'
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'One' → IBegin with the numeral one.
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'idiot' → DOLTNow the word for a fool, before trimming.
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Assembly
I + (DOLT - T > DOL) = IDOL