Drove into a rendered construction (4-5)
I believe the answer is:
rear-ended
'drove' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'a rendered construction' is the wordplay.
'construction' indicates an anagram (answer constructed from certain letters).
'a'+'rendered'='arendered'
'arendered' is an anagram of 'REAR-ENDED'.
'into' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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