Take advantage of some candles I lit up on the counter (7)

From Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31258, 23A

23A — Take advantage of some candles I lit up on the counter (7)UTILISE

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'Take advantage of' — To 'Take advantage of' is to UTILISE.
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'some'
  • Operation
    'some' signals a hidden_word operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'candles I lit up'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'counter'
  • Operation
    'counter' signals a reversal operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'some'
  • Assembly
    ESILITU = UTILISE

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