Lift remorseful Tamworth thief might give? (9)
I believe the answer is:
piggyback
'give?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'lift remorseful tamworth thief' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'tamworth' could be 'pig' (Tamworth is a breed of pig) and 'pig' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'might' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for piggyback that I've seen before include "some bacon?" , "Ride on shoulders" , "One way for an adult to carry a child" , "A porcine ride?" , "Carry on the back and shoulders" .)