Blow that's justified to a private captain? (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
right hook
'blow' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'justified to a private captain?' is the wordplay.
'justified' becomes 'right ' (I've seen this before).
'to' says to put letters next to each other.
'a private captain?' becomes 'hook' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'private' bit.).
'right'+'hook'='RIGHT HOOK'
'that's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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