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Commercial for Delta luggage case (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

addle

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'commercial for delta luggage case' is the definition.
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'commercial for delta luggage case' is the wordplay.
'commercial' becomes 'ad' (abbreviation for advertisement).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'delta' becomes 'd' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'case' suggests removing the centre.
'luggage' with its middle taken out is 'le'.
'ad'+'d'+'le'='ADDLE'

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(Other definitions for addle that I've seen before include "Like a bad egg" , "Get confused" , "(Of egg) become rotten" , "becomes muddled" , "Confuse; become rotten" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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