Points about predatory bird? They drag (8)
I believe the answer is:
towlines
'they drag' is the definition.
Although both the answer and 'drag' are nouns, they are not in the same form of the noun.
'points about predatory bird?' is the wordplay.
'points' becomes 'tines' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'predatory bird?' becomes 'owl' (owl is a kind of bird. I am not sure about the 'predatory' bit.).
'tines' going around 'owl' is 'TOWLINES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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