Scientist's embracing wife in Telford and Milton Keynes? (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
new towns
'telford and milton keynes?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'scientist's embracing wife' is the wordplay.
'scientist's' becomes 'Newton's' (Sir Isaac Newton).
'embracing' is an insertion indicator.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'newtons' enclosing 'w' is 'NEW TOWNS'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for new towns that I've seen is " Settlements for surplus".)