Late in the day escaping from eg poison (5)
I believe the answer is:
venin
'poison' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'late in' is the wordplay.
'late' becomes 'ven' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ven'+'in'='VENIN'
'the day escaping from eg' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for venin that I've seen is " Poison".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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