Attractive woman briefly claims the heart of William Tell (4)

Independent Cryptic #11874 | 16 Across | 2024-10-30
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Attractive woman briefly claims the heart of William Tell <wil> L <iam> (“heart of” means middle letter only) in BAB <e> (=attractive woman; “briefly” means last letter is dropped); to blab is to let out a secret, hence to “tell”!

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