Boring way to describe Reading? (6-2-3-4)
I believe the answer is:
middle-of-the-road
'boring' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'way to describe reading?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'way' could be 'road' (road is a kind of way) and 'road' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'middleofthe' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for middle-of-the-road that I've seen before include "Avoiding extremes; moderate" , "place for dangerous drivers?" , "Unexciting" , "Average" , "Safe" .)