Odyssey of pair keeping 1987 car before one race (13)
I believe the answer is:
peregrination
'odyssey' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'of pair keeping 1987 car before one race' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
'car' could be 't' and 't' is present in the answer.
'before' could be 'ere' (poetic term for 'before') and 'ere' is located in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for peregrination that I've seen before include "Long meandering journey" , "wandering" , "Globe-trotting" , "Travelling about" .)