Bear briefly capturing from the outset the heart of late British Queen? (6)

Independent Cryptic #12204 | 26 Across | 2025-11-19
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

POO h (reference the fictional bear Winnie the Pooh) excluding the final letter H (briefly) containing (capturing) ( T [ first letter of {from the outset] T he] + AT [ central letters of {middle of] l AT e])

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