Smoke from joint maiden exchanged for heroin (8)
Independent
Cryptic
#12083
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4 Across
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2025-07-01
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:
S [h] OULDER (a joint), with M (abbreviation for maiden, in cricket scoring) replacing the H (slang abbreviation for heroin). Smoulder = to burn slowly, producing smoke but not flames.