Popular English composer has died? I'm flabbergasted (1,5,3)
I believe the answer is:
i never did
'i'm flabbergasted' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'popular english composer has died?' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' (something that's 'in' is fashionable).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'composer' becomes 'verdi' (Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi).
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'in'+'e'+'verdi'+'d'='I NEVER DID'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for i never did that I've seen before include "Gracious" , "That's surprising to me!" , "that amazes me" .)