Cryptic PPE?

[Otis]

Feast next to Lionheart I (6)

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[Otis]

Spoiler: 1st hint

next to = positioning indicator

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[Otis]

Spoiler: 2nd hint

Direct on the right.

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[Harry_the_cat]

Is the drumstick another hint?

 

[Otis]

Is the drumstick another hint?

Nope. ? (But my subject lines often are. Like puns, sometimes)

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[Harry_the_cat]

Another hint please?

 

[Otis]

Another hint please?

Final hint coming soon. Here's an augment to 1st hint, instead:

Non-directional

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[Harry_the_cat]

**iodine : io = lionheart (middle letters of lion), dine= feast, io next to dine gives iodine, I is chem symbol**

Brilliant clue!!

 

[Otis]

Brilliant clue!!

A good match for the solver, then!

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