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Time over Western Australia? It’s two in Perth (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

twa

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'two in perth' is the definition.
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'time over western australia?' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'western' becomes 'w'.
'australia?' becomes 'A' (abbreviation for Australia).
't'+'w'+'a'='TWA'

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(Other definitions for twa that I've seen before include "pygmy" , "couple at Prestwick" , "a couple in Edinburgh" , "A couple of Scotsmen" , "pygmies" .)

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