Conducting outwards reflecting iron on split (8)
I believe the answer is:
efferent
'conducting outwards' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'reflecting iron on split' is the wordplay.
'reflecting' becomes 'ef' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'iron' becomes 'Fe' (Fe is the chemical symbol for iron).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'split' becomes 'rent' (past tense of 'rend' meaning to split).
'ef'+'fe'+'rent'='EFFERENT'
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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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