City chap shot around noon (8)
I believe the answer is:
coventry
'city' is the definition.
(Coventry is an example)
'chap shot around noon' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'chap' could be 'cove' (British slang term) and 'cove' is located in the answer.
'shot' could be 'try' (both can mean an attempt) and 'try' is present in the answer.
'noon' could be 'n' (abbreviation for noon) and 'n' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for coventry that I've seen before include "Has a 5 across designed by Basil Spence" , "Place" , "Send to this city to ostracise" , "Where the ostracised get sent" , "Where Lady Godiva rode" .)
