Fielding man's instructed to go back, covering spell with early duck (3,5)

Times Cryptic #29405 | 23 Across | 2025-12-05
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

SENT (instructed) reversed around MOJO (spell) with one O (duck) moved earlier SENT = ‘instructed’, I suppose? In any case, fortunately I’d heard of the character in question.

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