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Means the half of bitter sent in is weak and insipid (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

watery

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'insipid' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'means the half of bitter sent in is weak' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'weak' could be 'w' (physics symbol as in W-boson) and 'w' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'aery' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for watery that I've seen before include "(Of food) thin, tasteless" , "Aqueous" , "Overly diluted, thin" , "Weak, too diluted" , "Dilute; weak, pale" .)

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