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Dropping
dead,
wrote
frantically
(6,3)
Dropping dead, wrote frantically (6,3)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
The definition is Dropping — a polite word for excrement, which is NUMBER TWO. For the wordplay, dead gives you NUMB, and then "frantically" signals an anagram of WROTE, which scrambles to ERTWO, and the two parts slot together neatly.