Straightaway falls when cycling - the first bloomer (8)

Independent Cryptic #12220 | 7 Down | 2025-12-08
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

NOW DROPS (straightaway falls) with the S cycling to the front. Minor quiblettino: snowdrops are not necessarily the first plants to bloom – round where I am winter aconite tends to be earlier

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