The French tennis great ultimately squanders lead more than once (7)
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2024-10-30
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:
LE (the French), ASHE (Arthur, tennis player of yesteryear), [squander]S. This took me an age as I was fixated on the tennis player being [L}AVER and couldn’t for the life of me see the clever definition, ‘lead more than once’ = more than one dog leash.