Crouchback for one thrown in road by king (9)

Independent Cryptic #12181 | 11 Across | 2025-10-23
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

CAST (=thrown, hurled) in [LANE (=road) + R (=king, i.e. rex)]; the reference is to Edmund Crouchback, the 1st Earl of Lancaster, member of the Plantagenet Dynasty

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