Extract iodine collected by Geiger, possibly radioactive, leaving dig (8,4)
I believe the answer is:
parthian shot
'dig' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'extract iodine collected by geiger possibly radioactive' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'iodine' could be 'i' (I is the chemical symbol for iodine) and 'i' is found within the answer.
'geiger' could be 'hans' (synonyms) and 'hans' is found within the remaining letters.
'radioactive' could be 'hot' (similar in meaning) and 'hot' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'part' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'leaving' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for parthian shot that I've seen is " Sally made on departure".)
