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Shortening Tuesday! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

suet

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'shortening tuesday' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'shortening tuesday' is the wordplay.
'shortening' becomes 'sue' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tuesday' becomes 't'.
'sue'+'t'='SUET'

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(Other definitions for suet that I've seen before include "Hard fat from beef and sheep" , "Solid fat used in cooking" , "Hard white cooking fat" , "Thin pancake" , "Edible fat used in cooking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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