Local gives someone a going over in vets? (8)
I believe the answer is:
inspects
'vets?' is the definition.
(vetting is a kind of inspecting)
'local gives someone a going over in' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inspects that I've seen before include "Scrutinises" , "Examines carefully" , "Looks closely at something" , "acts as an Observer" , "Examines, subjects to scrutiny" .)