Hall proprietor, motorist at first tense, captivated by highway (2,4)

Guardian Cryptic #29723 | 22 Across | 2025-06-17
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

A charade of M (‘ M otorist at first’) plus RTOAD, an envelope (‘captivated by’) of T (‘tense’) in ROAD (‘highway’), for Toad of Toad Hall, who first appeared in Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows . The definition is extended.

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