Deliberately avoided day away from home (3,3)
I believe the answer is:
sat out
'deliberately avoided' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'day away from home' is the wordplay.
'day' becomes 'sat' (abbreviation for Saturday).
'away from home' becomes 'out' (synonyms).
'sat'+'out'='SAT OUT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for sat out that I've seen is " stayed till the end".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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