Old wife in Seattle needing repair for dryers (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
tea towels
'dryers' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'old wife in seattle needing repair' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'wife' becomes 'w'.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'needing repair' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'need of repair' mean this).
'o'+'w'='ow'
'seattle' with letters rearranged gives 'teatels'.
'ow' going within 'teatels' is 'TEA-TOWELS'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
Want a hint initially instead of a full solution?
Install my app