In doldrums after losing house, have to come out (4,5)
Times
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2025-04-18
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:
DOLdrumS minus (losing) ‘drum’ (slang for house, apparently), contains (in…) OWN (have) + TO. Come out, as in strike from work. I originally put DOWN from ‘in doldrums’ and then biffed / guessed the rest. Perhaps I’ve got this parsing wrong; the way I have it seems too obscure…