Ice as encountered by elite regiment in entering gorge (11)
I believe the answer is:
assassinate
'entering gorge' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I don't see how one could define the other.
'ice as encountered by elite regiment' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is present in the answer.
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is present in the answer.
'regiment' could be 'sas' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'sas' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for assassinate that I've seen before include "Dispatch" , "Kill (a VIP)" , "Put an end to" , "Murder a prominent person" , "top" .)