Candy caught working with ferocity travelling around Newcastle area (13)
I believe the answer is:
confectionery
'candy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'caught working with ferocity travelling around newcastle area' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'caught' could be 'ct' and 'ct' is present in the answer.
'working' could be 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on) and 'on' is found in the answer.
'around' could be 'o' (a round letter) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'newcastle' could be 'ne' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ne' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for confectionery that I've seen before include "Sweets, chocolates, etc" , "Sugary stuff" , "Certify on cone (anag)" , "sweet things" , "Sweets, chocolate etc" .)