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21a: Having captured a prisoner,the German left hurriedly, according to the Americans? (4,1,6).
It looks like "Took a header". Can see "took a" also "der" for the German but stuck on parsing "hea".
Can anyone put me out of my misery?

POW is prisoner of war.
Took a powder ?

Thanks rusty. Not an expression I've heard, but it sounds better. Have to look at the down clue that gave me the "e".

Hello, Despard.
"Took a powder" is an American phrase meaning "left hurriedly" or "scrammed".