A more overt attempt to elude pursuit? (10)
I believe the answer is:
balderdash
'a more' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'overt attempt to elude pursuit?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'overt' could be 'bald' (similar in meaning) and 'bald' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for balderdash that I've seen before include "garbage" , "Senseless talk/writing" , "Senseless talk" , "Codswallop" , "Piffle" .)