Obliquely answer with poetry line in test (12)
I believe the answer is:
transversely
'obliquely' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'answer with poetry line in test' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'answer' could be 'ans' (abbreviation for answer) and 'ans' is located in the answer.
'poetry' could be 'vers' (I've seen this before) and 'vers' is located in the answer.
'line' could be 'el' (el is a kind of line) and 'el' is present in the answer.
'test' could be 'try' (synonyms) and 'try' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for transversely that I've seen is " way this solution is written".)