Pussy-footing on the ripples (8)
I believe the answer is:
catspaws
'the ripples' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'pussy-footing' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'pussy' could be 'cat' (I've seen this before) and 'cat' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'on' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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