Period crossing desert spelling problems? (6)
I believe the answer is:
errata
'spelling problems?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'period crossing desert' is the wordplay.
'period' becomes 'era' (era is a kind of period).
'crossing' indicates putting letters inside (to cross can mean to go over or around).
'desert' becomes 'rat' (abandon treacherously).
'era' enclosing 'rat' is 'ERRATA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for errata that I've seen before include "Slips" , "(Printing) errors" , "Mistakes (Latin)" , "Listed errors" , "List of misprints" .)