Caper where they make a bolt for freedom, circumventing every other garda (8)
I believe the answer is:
escapade
'caper' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'freedom circumventing every other garda' is the wordplay.
'freedom' becomes 'escape' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'circumventing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'every other' means one should take alternating letters.
The alternating letters of 'garda' are 'ad'.
'escape' going around 'ad' is 'ESCAPADE'.
'where they make a bolt for' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for escapade that I've seen before include "Antic" , "A piece of reckless or mischievous conduct" , "quite a lark" , "A reckless or mischievous adventure" , "Adventurous incident" .)