Dull reporter saying something cutting? (7)
'something cutting?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'dull reporter saying' is the wordplay.
'dull reporter' becomes 'hack' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'saying' becomes 'saw' (saw is a kind of saying).
'hack'+'saw'='HACKSAW'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hacksaw that I've seen before include "cutting edge" , "something to cut copper?" , "One cuts" , "Toothed tool for cutting metal" , "metalworker may use?" .)
'something cutting?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'dull reporter saying' is the wordplay.
'dull reporter' becomes 'hack' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'saying' becomes 'saw' (saw is a kind of saying).
'hack'+'saw'='HACK-SAW'
Can you help me to learn more?