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British eggs seeing upturn? Excellent! (5)

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bravo

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'british eggs seeing upturn? excellent' is the definition.
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'british eggs seeing upturn?' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'br' (abbreviation for British).
'eggs' becomes 'ova' (term for egg cells).
'seeing upturn?' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, letters go up).
'ova' backwards is 'avo'.
'br'+'avo'='BRAVO'

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(Other definitions for bravo that I've seen before include "B in radio communications" , "Radio code word for B" , "Exclamation of approval" , "West Indian cricket captain" , "congratulations" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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