TESTING (7)

Started by madjaqk

Screening the Best Picture winner from 1973, with character closest to the lead edited out (7)

screening = def
Best Picture winner from 1973 = THE STING
character closest to the lead edited out = remove second letter, so T[h]ESTING

Submitted by gppasco

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12541 Screening the Best Picture winner from 1973, with character closest to the lead edited out (7) screening = def
Best Picture winner from 1973 = THE STING
character closest to the lead edited out = remove second letter, so T[h]ESTING
gppasco 1
12552 Seeing if it's possible to eat with halves switched after time (7) "Seeing if it's possible" = ING after EST (eat with halves switched) after T (time) phenomist 1
12540 Something you do in production? What a weird setting! (7) Something you do in production = definition (I mean, where else would you test?)
What a weird = (admittedly verbose) anagrind
SETTING = anagram fodder
dpad 0
12544 Some primates tingle - it's a standardized activity (7) _TES TING_
A standardized activity = def
biocuriousgeorgie 0
12548 Assessing confines of the operation (7) T_E+STING InvalidD 0
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