Accidental cause of a runner coming to a bad end (4)
I believe the answer is:
skid
'accidental cause' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'runner coming to a bad end' is the wordplay.
'runner' becomes 'ski' (something which 'runs', ie moves quickly on snow).
'coming to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'end' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'bad' is 'd'.
'ski'+'d'='SKID'
'of a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skid that I've seen before include "Slide uncontrollably" , "Uncontrolled car movement" , "Slide at an angle" , "What car may do on ice - be careful" , "lose control momentarily" .)
