Provoked Scots hooligan was in van around east (7)
28A — Provoked Scots hooligan was in van around east (7) — NEEDLED
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Definition
Definition found: 'Provoked' — 'Provoked' is the definition — it sits at one end of the clue, as definitions always do.'Provoked' is the definition — it sits at one end of the clue, as definitions always do.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'around''around' tells us one piece goes inside another.
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Operation
'around' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'Scots hooligan was in van east'
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'east' → ELook for the standard cryptic abbreviations in the clue — short words that stand in for one or two letters.
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Assembly
NEDLED + E = N(E)EDLED