Religious rite snake vocally encourages? (8)
13A — Religious rite snake vocally encourages? (8) — ASPERGES
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Definition
Definition found: 'Religious rite' — A short Latin sprinkling rite before Mass.A short Latin sprinkling rite before Mass.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'vocally''Vocally' tells you to write what the word sounds like, not how it's spelled.
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Operation
'vocally' signals a homophone operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'encourages?'
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'snake' → ASP'Snake' is one of cryptic's stock three-letter clues — ASP.
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'encourages?' → URGES'Encourages' as a verb means URGES.
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Assembly
ASP + (URGES > ERGES) = ASPERGES