Palladium rejected because screw contains iron (9)

Guardian Cryptic #28935 | 24 Across | 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

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