Tender resignation in brief message? Almost (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
not quite
'almost' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'tender resignation in brief message?' is the wordplay.
'tender resignation' becomes 'quit' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'brief message?' becomes 'note' (I've seen this in another clue).
'quit' going inside 'note' is 'NOT QUITE'.
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