Rubbish US has left around old metropolis there (7)
16A — Rubbish US has left around old metropolis there (7) — DETROIT
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Definition
Definition found: 'metropolis there' — The straight definition sits at one end and names a place by example — which end reads as a plain pointer to the answer?The straight definition sits at one end and names a place by example — which end reads as a plain pointer to the answer?
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'around'A small word like 'around' between two pieces often means one thing is wrapped about another.
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Operation
'around' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'Rubbish US has left old'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'has left'When the clue names some letters and says they 'have left', that is a steer to strike those letters out of a longer word.
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Operation
'has left' signals a deletion operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'Rubbish US'
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'Rubbish' → DETRITUSStart from the full word for rubbish, before anything is removed.
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'old' → OA single short letter stands for 'old'.
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Assembly
DETRIT + O = DETR(O)IT