Football manager's season threatened with relegation? (12)
I believe the answer is:
winterbottom
'threatened with relegation?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'football manager's season' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'season' could be 'winter' (winter is a season) and 'winter' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bottom' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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