SATISFIED (9)

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Happy, played *The Witness*? (9)

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Happy = SATISFIED
Played The Witness = math joke. In math, a "witness" is a mathematical object that makes a statement true, or "satisifies" it. Played here is in the sense of "acted as".
Certainly not different etymologies but maybe the defs are different enough.

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9592 Happy, played *The Witness*? (9) ddef
Happy = SATISFIED
Played The Witness = math joke. In math, a "witness" is a mathematical object that makes a statement true, or "satisifies" it. Played here is in the sense of "acted as".
Certainly not different etymologies but maybe the defs are different enough.
skaldskaparmal 2
9594 It is a curse to be enthralled by depressing content (9) it is = TIS
a curse = FIE ("Fie upon thee...")
to be enthralled by = containment
depressing = SAD
content = def
Tortoise 2
9590 Broadway show hit with low-grade bomb after bit of teasing by Schuyler lead about Alexander's "heart and eyes" in song (9) Broadway show hit - def
with - link

F+IED = low-grade + bomb
after - juxtaposition
SAT = S_+T_ around _A_ - bit of T(easing), by S(chuyler) lead, about alexAnder's heart
and - juxtaposition
I'S = “eyes” in song (homophone)
rpl 1
9611 Sorry? About what? Sit up straight, the document isn't large, okay? (9) Sorry - SAD
about what - containing
SIT
up straight - reversal
the document - FIlE
isn't large - drop L
okay - definition
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