It thickens line on castle that’s a bit short in drawing (9)

Independent Cryptic #12119 | 16 Down | 2025-08-12
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

It thickens line on castle that’s a bit short in drawing [ROW (=line) + ROO <k> (=castle, in chess; “that’s a bit short” means last letter is dropped)] in ART (=drawing)

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