✂️ Practice: Deletion
Clue 5 of 30
Casual job rejected by great old buffoon (5)
Click words to find the base word, then use the pattern finder to confirm what's left after deletion.
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This is a Deletion clue.
The definition is: buffoon
Casual
job
rejected
by
great
old
buffoon
Definition
Wordplay
Fodder
Gray = indicator/linking
Answer:
ANTIC
Pieces:
great
=
ANTIC
Summary:
ANTIC(GIGANTIC minus GIG, "great") [deletion]; definition: "buffoon"