German prince abandons love, a complex woman (7)
Times
Cryptic
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28 Across
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2025-06-23
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:
ELECToR A; the complex (a joint-production by Freud and Jung, I believe) refers to the putative attraction of a kindergarten-age girl to her father and a corresponding sense of competition with her mother. It may be traced back to a play by Sophocles