Foolishness as Archer caught out blockingit’s spinning today at both ends (9)

Guardian Cryptic #29529 | 12 Across | 2024-11-01
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

“Cupid”(the ancient Roman god of love, whom you might call an archer as he shoots arrows at people to make them fall in love) minus ( … out ) “c”(abbrev. for “caught” in cricket scores) contained in ( blocking ) IT’S with its last letter moved to the front ( spinning ) + 1st and last letters of ( … at both ends ) “ today ”.

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