22 across
Goes
off
round
centre
of
Damascus
and
swelters
(6)
Goes off round centre of Damascus and swelters (6)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at swelters at the end — that's your definition. ROTS (goes off) wraps around AS (the centre letters of dascus... sorry, damascus — there they are in the middle), giving you RO-AS-TS.