Does swimming on college lake get stopped? (6)
I believe the answer is:
closed
'stopped?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'does swimming on college lake' is the wordplay.
'swimming' indicates an anagram (letters swim around into a new order).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'college' becomes 'c'.
'lake' becomes 'L' (geographical abbreviation).
'does' is an anagram of 'osed'.
'c'+'l'='cl'
'osed' put after 'cl' is 'CLOSED'.
'get' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for closed that I've seen before include "Resolved" , "See 1" , "Shut" , "Held in private" , "clinched the sale" .)