Apply to midst of busy period (3,2)
I believe the answer is:
use on
'apply' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'midst of busy period' is the wordplay.
'midst of' says to take the centre.
'period' becomes 'eon' (eon is a kind of period).
The central letters of 'busy' are 'us'.
'us'+'eon'='USE ON'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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