Opprobrium about organised crime – is it ignoring cause, ultimately? (9)
27A — Opprobrium about organised crime – is it ignoring cause, ultimately? (9) — CRITICISM
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Definition
Definition found: 'Opprobrium' — Harsh criticism, public disgrace, or severe condemnationHarsh criticism, public disgrace, or severe condemnation
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'organised'
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Operation
'organised' signals a anagram operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'crime is it'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'ignoring''ignoring' tells us to drop letters from the build — here, the E that 'cause, ultimately' picks out.
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Operation
'ignoring' signals a deletion operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'crime is it cause,'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'ultimately?''ultimately' tells us to take the last letter — of 'cause' that's E.
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Operation
'ultimately?' signals a letter_selection operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'cause,'
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'about' → Cabout > Circa > C
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Assembly
C + (CRIMEISIT > RITICISME) > CRITICISME - E = CRITICISM