Tin hat battered in conflict, people united, eh? (4,2,9)
'eh?' is the definition.
(exclamation of surprise)
'tin hat battered in conflict people united' is the wordplay.
'battered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'people united' becomes 'nation'.
'tin'+'hat'='tinhat'
'tinhat' is an anagram of 'hatint'.
'hatint' put within 'war' is 'whatintar'.
'whatintar'+'nation'='WHAT IN TARNATION'
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