Proclaim President Macron finally leaves hospital department (7)
26A — Proclaim President Macron finally leaves hospital department (7) — TRUMPET
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Definition
Definition found: 'Proclaim' — The straight definition sits at one end — read both ends and ask which is a plain verb that means the same as the answer.The straight definition sits at one end — read both ends and ask which is a plain verb that means the same as the answer.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'finally leaves'When one named letter 'leaves' a word, that's a steer to drop it; here the letter to remove is signposted by 'finally'.
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Operation
'finally leaves' signals a deletion operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'hospital department'
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'President' → TRUMPRead the clue as a recipe — this first chunk opens the answer.
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'hospital department' → ENTBuild the clinic department in full before anything is taken out of it.
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Assembly
TRUMP + (ENT - N > ET) = TRUMPET