Overhear a cause of sagging roof? (9)
I believe the answer is:
eavesdrop
'overhear' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a cause of sagging roof?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'cause' could be 'eve' (Eve is an example) and 'eve' is found within the remaining letters.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' 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 eavesdrop that I've seen before include "Listen to bug" , "Deprave so to listen secretly" , "listen privately" , "Listen carefully" , "spy" .)