Short play performed in front of Highlanders (7)
21A — Short play performed in front of Highlanders (7) — SPORRAN
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Definition
Definition found: 'front of Highlanders'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'Short''Short' tells you to trim a letter from the end.
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Operation
'Short' signals a deletion operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'play'
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'play' → SPORT'play' = SPORT.
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'performed' → RAN'performed' (past tense, like 'ran a show') = RAN.
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Assembly
(SPORT - T > SPOR) + RAN = SPORRAN