🔄 Practice: Reversal
Clue 26 of 28
Stain most of top lip, upset over case of catarrh (8)
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This is a Reversal clue.
The definition is: Stain
Stain
most
of
top
lip
upset
over
case
of
catarrh
Definition
Wordplay
Fodder
Gray = indicator/linking
Answer:
BESMIRCH
Summary:
Definition: "Stain". Charade with reversal: "most of top" = BES (most of BEST), "lip" = RIM, "upset" = reversal indicator giving MIR, "over" = positioning indicator, "case of catarrh" = CH (first and last letters). BES + MIR + CH = BESMIRCH.