Smoke from joint maiden exchanged for heroin (8)

Independent Cryptic #12083 | 4 Across | 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.

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