Search for dishes among iron plates joining rails (4-6)
I believe the answer is:
fish-plates
'among iron plates joining rails' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'search for dishes' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'search' could be 'fish' (fishing is a kind of searching) and 'fish' is located in the answer.
'dishes' could be 'plates' (plate is a kind of dish) and 'plates' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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