Roué moved into bachelor flat as part of slowing-down process (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
brake pad
'part of slowing-down process' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'roue moved into bachelor flat' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'roue' could be 'rake' (synonyms) and 'rake' is present in the answer.
'bachelor' could be 'b' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts) and 'b' is present in the answer.
'flat' could be 'pad' (a person's home) and 'pad' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brake pad that I've seen before include "it can cause friction" , "it helps to slow down" , "One applies friction in a car" , "Stopper" , "slower?" .)
