He's stuffed waffle to come close to encapsulating Belgium (14)

Independent Cryptic #12070 | 12 Across | 2025-06-16
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

Padding(=waffle) + (to near) around B{elgium}. I wasn’t aware that Paddington was a stuffed bear – I’d always assumed he was meant to be a real bear from Peru, so not entirely sure on the definition.

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