Prickly young child disdainfully standing in corner (7)
4D — Prickly young child disdainfully standing in corner (7) — ATINGLE
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Definition
Definition found: 'Prickly' — The definition is the very first word — an adjective for a tingling, prickling feeling.The definition is the very first word — an adjective for a tingling, prickling feeling.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'standing'In a down clue, a word about standing up tells you to read the previous letters upward.
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Operation
'standing' signals a reversal operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'young child disdainfully'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'in''in … corner' tells you a piece is tucked inside the word for corner.
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Operation
'in' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'corner'
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'young child disdainfully' → ITCryptics sometimes reduce a baby or small child to the bare impersonal pronoun — the cold two-letter word you'd use dismissively.
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'corner' → ANGLEA word for corner — the figure made where two lines meet.
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Assembly
ANGLE + (IT > TI) = ATINGLE