Maybe open expensive wines, taking one aboard for Agnes (12)
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2025-12-26
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:
CHAMPagnes (expensive wines) with I (one) and ON SHIP (aboard) in place of (for) ‘agnes’. I think this must not refer to The Open, but to the type of championship that could just be open to non-professionals.