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The Clue was “Green tea, brewed for a young one (8)”. The Answer was “TEENAGER”. This is an “Anagram” clue. The anagrind is “Brewed” and it indicates that “GREEN TEA” needs to be jumbled. The annotation is {GREENTEA}* . The definition is “A young one”.
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LOCALES
L[-o]O[-k]C[-h]A[-p]L[-i]E[-s]S[-o]
Look Chap Lies So – regularly ^^
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LOCALES – odd letters of “Look Chap lies so”
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LOCALES – LoOk ChAp LiEs So
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L o O k C h A p L i E s S o (letter selection)
Locales ( Lo + alternate letters of chap lies so)
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every alternate letter
LoOk ChAp LiEs S
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Lo (look) ChAp LiEs So
Def: positions
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LOCALES —LoOkChApLiEsSo (odd letters – regularly) def: Positions
LOCALES = POSITIONS.
See = Lo + ChAp LiEs So alternate letters
LOCALES (alternate letters of ‘LOOK CHAP LIES SO’)
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L O C A L E S
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LoOkChApLiEs
Sonregularlry applies means alternate
Position
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LOCALES Anno :”LoOk ChAp LiEs So”
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LoOkChApLiEsSo
Locales ( definition- positions, regularly = extracting alternate letters from “Look chap lies so”)
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Anno : Alternate letters from “Look chap lies so.
Def: Positions
LOCALES; LO + CA LE S regular characters from Chap Lies So…
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Fodder: LoOk ChAp LiEs So
Regularly – indicates either odd or even positions of the letters to get the answer to the definition(which is ‘positions’)
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Look = lo
Chap lies so regularly = every second letter from these words
Positions is def
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Definition : “positions”
“Regularly” instructs solver to select letters from the fodder at regular intervals to arrive at answer .
Fodder: “Look chap lies so”
In this case select the first 7 odd Letters of the fodder (shown in uppercase) to obtain synonym of “positions”
L o O k C h A p L i E sS o
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Locales- Positions
LO C A L E S
Look- Lo
ChApLiEs So (regularly- Alt.)