Make money from openings provided by India's small enterprises (10)

Times Cryptic #29439 | 16 Across | 2026-01-14
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

The idea here is that you look at the last three words of the clue and notice that one is capitalised and the second and third aren’t, so you would describe the openings as “capital I [followed by] s and e. Whether CAPITALISE is actually a synonym for making money is moot, as it means providing capital or converting into capital, which doesn’t necessarily equate to making money (investments can go up and down). Close enough though. This clue was my nemesis, causing me to stare bleakly at the unhelpful checking letters at the end as the minutes ticked round, trying to get an IF in there; an I in there, and not understanding why the word couldn’t be something to do with financing, or monetising, or profiting.

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