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Briefly
visited
butcher’s
next
to
Scottish
city
(6,2)
Briefly visited butcher’s next to Scottish city (6,2)
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How the clue works
Briefly visited is the definition, and the answer is built as a charade. "Butcher's" is Cockney rhyming slang (butcher's hook = look), giving LOOK, and this sits next to EDIN, a shortened form of Edinburgh, the Scottish city. Run them together and you get LOOKED IN.