Translated tale about ship decoration (6)

From Express Cryptic 20260608, 8D —

8D — Translated tale about ship decoration (6) — TASSEL

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'decoration' — The last word is the definition.
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'Translated'
  • Operation
    'Translated' signals a anagram operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'tale'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'about'
  • Operation
    'about' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'tale ship'
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'ship' → SS
  • Assembly
    TAEL + SS = TA(SS)EL

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