Short piece replacing one of magnitude in press (7)
21A — Short piece replacing one of magnitude in press (7) — SQUEEZE
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Definition
Definition found: 'press' — The definition is the last word — a verb meaning to crush or press.The definition is the last word — a verb meaning to crush or press.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'Short'Dock a letter from a chess piece
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Operation
'Short' signals a deletion operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'piece'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'replacing''replacing' signals one chunk takes the place of another inside a word. But also requires insertion!!!!!!!
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Operation
'replacing' signals a substitution operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'piece one magnitude'
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'piece' → QUEENRead 'piece' in the chessboard sense — the most powerful one on the board.
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'one' → I'one' is the Roman numeral — a single letter.
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'magnitude' → SIZE'magnitude' points at a short word for how big something is.
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Assembly
QUEESIZE = SQUEEZE