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Butterflies, beginning to break free from many cocoons, exit after metamorphosis

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All Minute Cryptic clues for October 23 2026
THE MISSING PIECE

Butterflies, beginning to break free from many cocoons, exit after metamorphosis

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THE ANSWER

ANXIETY

The definition

Our definition here is 'Butterflies', and our answer will be another word for that.

The wordplay

Anagram

This clue's fodder is 'many' and 'exit'. We'll use these letters (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).

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