Dissolute nobleman to decline losing one entourage (8)
Independent
Cryptic
#11903
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17 Across
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2024-12-03
Generating...
I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:
Dissolute nobleman to decline, losing one entourage FA< i >L (=to decline, fade; “losing one (=I)” means letter “i” is dropped) + STAFF (=entourage, retinue); the reference is to the Shakespearean character