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It's Rodent the first in an oil bloc found
A twitch that tags on to a story in sound
Like Wotan it turns an irate cop around.
It's a long span of time, in a visual way.
That is the word that I'm trying to say.
The answer is a single English word. There are five clues, all found in the first four lines. This is a cryptic crossword style puzzle. The clues are four ways to construct the word and a definition.
The word is
Operatic
It's Rodent the first in an oil bloc found
OPEC, with "rat I" ("rat the first") inside
A twitch that tags on to a story in sound
Twitch = tic, story in sound = opera
Like Wotan
Wotan is a character in Wagner's Ring Cycle operas
it turns an irate cop around.
Operatic is an anagram of "irate cop"
It's a long span of time, in a visual way.
"era" inside "optic"
Can You Tell What the Answer Is?
The title contains a reference to William Tell
