Rephrase order to child after playing nurses (not female)? (3,2,7,3)
I believe the answer is:
put it another way
'rephrase' is the definition.
(to put something another way is to rephrase it)
'order to child after playing nurses not female?' is the wordplay.
'order to child after playing' becomes 'put it away' (put away your toys).
'nurses' indicates putting letters inside (nurse can mean to hold onto or harbour).
'female?' becomes 'her' (I've seen this before).
'not'+'her'='nother'
'putitaway' going around 'nother' is 'PUT IT ANOTHER WAY'.
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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