Pass fellows arrested by coppers, using these? (9)
I believe the answer is:
handcuffs
'these?' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.
'pass fellows arrested by coppers' is the wordplay.
'pass' becomes 'hand' (synonyms).
'fellows' becomes 'ff'.
'arrested by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'coppers' becomes 'Cus' ('Cu' can be a synonym of 'copper').
'ff' placed into 'cus' is 'cuffs'.
'hand'+'cuffs'='HANDCUFFS'
'using' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for handcuffs that I've seen before include "Prisoner restraints" , "Restraining devices" , "result in restriction of movement" , "Police links" .)