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Away on the radio — the fourth(5)
Free homophone cryptic crossword clue from Icqu Cryptic (5). Solve it with hints — the answer and full breakdown publish the next day, or the moment you solve it.
Harbour wall when the tide still pulls. Away is the onward sense — set forth. On the radio cues a homophone of fourth, landing on FORTH. Soft salt air and a leaning rail sell the ordinal as quay chatter while the ear carries the answer out.
The fodder is not spelled like the answer — it only sounds like it.
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