Rubbish place to catch sexually transmitted disease? (8)
I believe the answer is:
claptrap
'rubbish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'to catch sexually transmitted disease?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'catch' could be 'trap' (trapping is a kind of catching) and 'trap' is located in the answer.
'disease?' could be 'clap' (clap is a kind of health problem) and 'clap' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'place' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for claptrap that I've seen before include "Contrived but foolish talk" , "Pretentious rot" , "Absurd or nonsensical talk or ideas" , "Pretentious talk used to win applause" , "Bull" .)