Criticises Eastern States on waste (9)
I believe the answer is:
rubbishes
'criticises' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'eastern states on waste' is the wordplay.
'eastern states' becomes 'es' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'waste' becomes 'rubbish' (rubbish is a kind of waste).
'es' after 'rubbish' is 'RUBBISHES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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