Lures topless gent to practice boxing round (7)
I believe the answer is:
entraps
'lures' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'topless gent to practice boxing round' is the wordplay.
'topless' means to remove the first letter.
'to practice boxing' becomes 'spar' (I've seen this in another clue).
'round' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'spar' reversed gives 'raps'.
'gent' with its first letter removed is 'ent'.
'ent'+'raps'='ENTRAPS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for entraps that I've seen before include "frames" , "Takes" , "nets" , "Catches" .)