Has the desired effect when the rider takes a tumble (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
comes off
'has' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for comes off that I've seen before include "Exits" , "works" .)