Piece of fried food salesman picked up, full of beans (7)
20D — Piece of fried food salesman picked up, full of beans (7) — CHIPPER
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Definition
Definition found: 'full of beans' — A definition sits at one end — here the lively phrase closing the clue reads as a plain synonym for the answer.A definition sits at one end — here the lively phrase closing the clue reads as a plain synonym for the answer.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'picked up,'In a down clue, a phrase like 'picked up' tells you to read a word the other way — bottom to top.
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Operation
'picked up,' signals a reversal operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'salesman'
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'Piece of fried food' → CHIPRead the clue as a recipe — the first piece joins on the front.
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'salesman' → REPStart from the whole word before it is turned around.
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Assembly
CHIP + (REP > PER) = CHIPPER