Break into building and suffer injury stealing clubs (5,1,4)
I believe the answer is:
crack a crib
'break into building' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'suffer injury stealing clubs' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'suffer' could be 'crack' (cracking is a kind of suffering) and 'crack' is present in the answer.
'clubs' could be 'c' (abbreviation used in card games such as bridge) and 'c' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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