How do I solve 20 across in Times Cryptic 29552?

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20 across reads "Something plucked from within commando lines" (8 letters); the answer is MANDOLIN. It's a hidden-word clue: the answer is spelled out by consecutive letters in the clue itself, often crossing a word boundary. Indicators like 'in', 'some', or 'part of' signal that you're looking at a substring. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

Something plucked from within commando lines (8)

20A — Something plucked from within commando lines (8) — MANDOLIN