Brussels U-turn after drunken woman gets huge merit (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
high value
'huge merit' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'brussels u-turn after drunken woman' is the wordplay.
'brussels' becomes 'EU' (European Parliament is based in Brussels).
'u-turn' is a reversal indicator.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'drunken' becomes 'high' (high can informally mean drunk).
'woman' becomes 'val' (val is a name for a woman).
'eu' backwards is 'ue'.
'high'+'val'='highval'
'ue' put after 'highval' is 'HIGH VALUE'.
'gets' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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