Drop the girl who's no good as a child minder? (4,1,6)
I believe the answer is:
miss a sitter
'a child minder?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'drop the girl who's no good as' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'drop' could be 'miss' (synonyms) and 'miss' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'as' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'iter' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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