A prickly individual Duke happened to welcome cover-up (10)
Independent
Cryptic
#12198
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11 Across
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2025-11-12
Generating...
I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:
D (abbreviation for duke) + AROSE (happened), containing (welcoming) MASK (cover-up). The surface may suggest a reference to someone who is now neither a Duke nor a Prince; I wonder whether the puzzle was created before recent events? A flowering plant with thorns.