Palladium rejected because screw contains iron (9)
Guardian
Cryptic
#28935
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24 Across
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2022-12-08
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (rejected) of AS (because) + GUARD (screw) round FE (iron) – the Palladium was a wooden statue of Pallas , on which the safety of Troy depended, hence any type of safeguard