Remember an imaginary animal? (4,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
bear in mind
'remember an' is the definition.
'bear in mind' can be an answer for 'remember' (to bear something in mind is to remember it). I am unsure of the 'an' bit.
'imaginary animal?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'imaginary' could be 'inmind' and 'inmind' is present in the answer.
'animal?' could be 'bear' (bear is a kind of animal) and 'bear' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bear in mind that I've seen before include "Remember and take into account" , "Take into consideration" , "Consider" , "what big game hunter may have" .)