Geordie Mark discovered gadgets giving close shaves (4,6)
'close shaves' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'geordie mark discovered gadgets' is the wordplay.
'geordie' becomes 'NE' (Geordies are from Tyneside in the North East).
'discovered' indicates the central letters (dis-covered - outer letters removed).
'gadgets' becomes 'misses' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The middle of 'mark' is 'ar'.
'ne'+'ar'+'misses'='NEAR MISSES'
'giving' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for near misses that I've seen before include "flying incidents" , "Close calls" .)
'close shaves' is the definition.
(close shave can mean a near thing or a near miss)
'geordie mark discovered gadgets' is the wordplay.
'geordie' becomes 'NE' (Geordies are from Tyneside in the North East).
'discovered' indicates the central letters (dis-covered - outer letters removed).
'gadgets' becomes 'things' (synonym).
The middle letters of 'mark' are 'ar'.
'ne'+'ar'+'things'='NEAR THINGS'
'giving' acts as a link.