Purveyor of indulgences settled in Tudor widow’s embrace (8)

From Times Cryptic 29568, 1A —

1A — Purveyor of indulgences settled in Tudor widow’s embrace (8)PARDONER

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'Purveyor of indulgences' — The definition is the first three words — a medieval seller of church pardons.
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'embrace'
  • Operation
    'embrace' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'settled Tudor widow’s'
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'settled' → DONE
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'Tudor widow’s' → PARR
  • Assembly
    PARR + DONE = PAR(DONE)R

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