Crossword Genius

Peculiarity of a train bore rambling (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aberration

'peculiarity' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a train bore rambling' is the wordplay.
'rambling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'train'+'bore'='trainbore'
'trainbore' with letters rearranged gives 'berration'.
'a'+'berration'='ABERRATION'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for aberration that I've seen before include "Straying" , "Mental lapse" , "departure from normal" , "moral lapse" , "Slip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app