Disc that fastens to cycle snatched by phoney cleaner (6,3)

Times Cryptic #29207 | 3 Down | 2025-04-18
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

BU-TTON (disc the fastens) becomes TTON-BU (to cycle), contained (snatched) by COD (phoney). Solved by cycling through synonyms for phoney, sham, etc. and working backwards.

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