Father has pink gin, with no king visiting (7,2)
I believe the answer is:
popping in
'visiting' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'father has pink gin with no king' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pop' (pop is a kind of father).
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'with no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'king' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'pink'+'gin'='pinkgin'
'pinkgin' with 'k' taken out is 'pingin'.
'pop'+'pingin'='POPPING IN'
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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