David, say, has not succeeded as fortune-teller (7)

Guardian Cryptic #29851 | 18 Across | 2025-11-13
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

“psalmist”(a writer of sacred songs or hymns, in this case/say, King David of the biblical Book of Psalms) minus ( has not ) “s”(abbrev. for “succeeded”). Defn: … who reads palms.

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