Part of Manhattan is sedate surprisingly (8)
'part of manhattan' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'is sedate surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' indicates anagramming the letters (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'is'+'sedate'='issedate'
'issedate' is an anagram of 'EASTSIDE'.
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I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
'part of manhattan' is the definition.
(I know this)
'is sedate surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' is an anagram indicator (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'is'+'sedate'='issedate'
'issedate' anagrammed gives 'EAST SIDE'.
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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