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Caught cutting ecstasy, say ;-) ? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emoticon

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'?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'caught cutting ecstasy' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'cutting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters cut their way into a word).
'ecstasy' becomes 'emotion' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'c' put within 'emotion' is 'EMOTICON'.

'say' is the link.

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(Other definitions for emoticon that I've seen before include "Smiley characters" , "symbol of modern communication" , "Representation of facial expression in e-messages" , "figure on screen" , "Mince too (anag.)" .)

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