Remains found in sinister elements of test? (9)
I believe the answer is:
leftovers
'remains' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'in sinister elements of test?' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'sinister' becomes 'left' (I've seen this before).
'elements' becomes 'os' (O is an example).
'of test?' becomes 'ver' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'left'+'os'='leftos'
'leftos' going around 'ver' is 'LEFTOVERS'.
'found' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leftovers that I've seen before include "Uneaten scraps" , "survivors" , "Remains" .)