More organised about seizing king, kidnapped again (7)
I believe the answer is:
retaken
'kidnapped again' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'more organised about seizing king' is the wordplay.
'more organised' becomes 'neater' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'seizing' indicates putting letters inside.
'king' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'neater' backwards is 'retaen'.
'retaen' going around 'k' is 'RETAKEN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for retaken that I've seen before include "picked up again" , "shot again?" , "Seized again" , "Captured again" , "Recaptured" .)