He sent bananas, happening to go in a bit (11)
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I believe the answer is:
seventeenth
'a bit' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'he sent bananas happening to go in' is the wordplay.
'bananas' is an anagram indicator (informal term for mad).
'happening' becomes 'event' (I've seen this before).
'to go in' is an insertion indicator.
'he'+'sent'='hesent'
'hesent' is an anagram of 'seenth'.
'seenth' placed around 'event' is 'SEVENTEENTH'.
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I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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