Article for Elle say covering hit treatment for old bones? (8)

Independent Cryptic #12061 | 8 Down | 2025-06-05
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Article for Elle, say, covering hit treatment for old bones? LE (=article for elle , i.e. a French word for the ) + [CHIN (=hit, strike on the chin) in E.G. (=say, for example)]; leeching was a treatment prescribed by the doctors of yesteryear, hence “old bones”

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