Southern acts featuring piano icons (7)
18D — Southern acts featuring piano icons (7) — SPRITES
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Definition
Definition found: 'icons' — The straight definition sits at one end of the clue, never the middle — which end reads as a plain synonym for the answer?The straight definition sits at one end of the clue, never the middle — which end reads as a plain synonym for the answer?
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'featuring'A word meaning 'having something within it' is a steer that one piece is tucked inside another.
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Operation
'featuring' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'Southern acts piano'
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'Southern' → SBuild the shell first — a single compass-point letter begins it.
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Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'acts' → RITESThe rest of the shell is a short word for formal ceremonies.
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'piano' → PThe 'soft' musical mark gives the single letter that slots inside.
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Assembly
SRITES + P = S(P)RITES