Daily Mail 9th Sept

[malvena]

(9) Scrubbing round piano would lead to exhaustion. D-L-T-O-

Have several ideas eg Dilution, deletion, but can't see how they fit with "piano".

Thanks for any help.

[Jumbuck]

DELETION - put p (piano) in the middle and you get depletion = exhaustion

[johnalex]

de P letion . . . you've only showed 8 letters

[malvena]

Thanks both of you for your help. It was only 8 letters.

[johnalex]

Thanks malvena, I was confused by (9) ! Good Luck ja

[FRYT]

deletion