Creatures that increase - but don't multiply? (6)
I believe the answer is:
adders
'creatures' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'increase but don't multiply?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'increase' could be 'add' (I've seen this before) and 'add' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ers' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'that' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adders that I've seen before include "Re Dad's snakes" , "at the zoo?" , "Dreads (anag) -- snakes" , "Totting 25 down?" , "People doing sums" .)