As the prisoner does when there's a rash of escapes (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
breaks out
'escapes' is the definition.
(breaking out is a kind of escaping)
'as the prisoner does when there's a rash' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'as' could be 'so' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'so' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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