Proposes marriage to someone from pet shop breaking-up with a poser (4,3,8)
I believe the answer is:
pops the question
'proposes marriage' is the definition.
('pop the question' can be a synonym of 'propose marriage')
'pet shop breaking-up with a poser' is the wordplay.
'breaking up' indicates an anagram.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a poser' becomes 'question' (I've seen this before**).
'pet'+'shop'='petshop'
'petshop' with letters rearranged gives 'popsthe'.
'popsthe'+'question'='POPS THE QUESTION'
'to someone from' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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