Get the wrong end of the stick from short address? Explain how that came about! (12)
I believe the answer is:
misinterpret
'get' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'the wrong end of the stick from short address? explain how that came about' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'wrong' could be 'mis' ('mis' can be similar in meaning to 'wrong') and 'mis' is found within the answer.
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'about' could be 're' (regarding) and 're' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for misinterpret that I've seen before include "get wrong" , "Fail to understand" , "Read wrongly" , "Take the wrong way" , "Explain wrongly" .)