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"A broken flute", I put in, "is useless"(6 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “"A broken flute", I put in, "is useless"”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 3rd October 2025.

The answer is
F U T I L E
6 letters · most recently seen on 3rd October 2025

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