Saga Cryptic July 2019

[newoldboy]

1d incomplete body found outside a city c-r-s
6d earliest characters,the two of them ,removing the last one in order
last two my mind has gone blank, again????

[elliemay1]

Caracas

[elliemay1]

^ if your pattern is incomplete

[Captain2]

6 Abbot

[newoldboy]

sorry 1d head of agriculture announced in succession, iput 1a

[newoldboy]

thanks captain2

[Captain2]

Ceres

[elliemay1]

How does 'abbot' parse?

[newoldboy]

thanks again,that had me completely baffled

[newoldboy]

thanks elliemay i think captain2 has sorted me out

[Captain2]

earliest characters = AB + BOT(h) = the two of them, losing last

[Captain2]

sorry, then obviously

....one in order = Abbot

[elliemay1]

Thanks Captain, I saw the AB and Abbot, it was the 'BOT(H) that I couldn't parse.