Hall proprietor, motorist at first tense, captivated by highway (2,4)
Guardian
Cryptic
#29723
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22 Across
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2025-06-17
Generating...
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.