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Verbix | 20:13 Fri 19th Mar 2021 | Crosswords
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Ashamed to say am stuck on 6d: Part of cylinder coming out of trap (4). I have R*L* - ROLL? but if so, why? Many thanks.
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Role/part on stage?
Role (acting/part)
//'cylinder coming out of trap?' is the wordplay.
'cylinder' becomes 'roll' (roll is a kind of cylinder).
'coming out of trap?' shows a homophone (sound like) (trap can informally mean one's mouth).
'roll' sounds like 'ROLE'.

'of' is the link.//
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Of course it is - the shame of it... But I'm not proud.

Many thanks!
So answer could be role sounds like roll

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