Remarkable gains least expected after damage in these constituencies (8,5)
I believe the answer is:
marginal seats
'these constituencies' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'remarkable gains least expected after damage' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'least' is 'lseat' which is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'gains' is 'ginas' which is within the left over letters.
'damage' could be 'mar' (to mar is to spoil or damage) and 'mar' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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