Bone cracking with scrap in lift? (5)
I believe the answer is:
tibia
'bone' is the definition.
(I know that tibia is a bone)
'cracking with scrap in lift?' is the wordplay.
'cracking' becomes 'AI' (resembles Ab, informal term for excellent).
'with scrap in' becomes 'bit' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'lift?' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'lifting' mean this).
'ai'+'bit'='aibit'
'aibit' in reverse letter order is 'TIBIA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tibia that I've seen before include "Bone of the lower leg" , "Bone in osso bucco" , "Part of leg of" , "The large shinbone" , "ancient pipe" .)