Wife’s time in dukedom wasting years (5)
10A — Wife’s time in dukedom wasting years (5) — DUTCH
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Definition
Definition found: 'Wife’s' — 'Wife’s' is the definition — it sits at one end of the clue, as definitions always do.'Wife’s' is the definition — it sits at one end of the clue, as definitions always do.
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'in''in' tells us one piece goes inside another.
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Operation
'in' signals a container operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'time'
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'wasting''wasting' tells us to remove something.
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Operation
'wasting' signals a deletion operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'dukedom years'
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'time years'Look for the standard cryptic abbreviations in the clue — short words that stand in for one or two letters.
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Assembly
DUCH + T = DU(T)CH