Searches for a way to cross, going round the bend (6)
I believe the answer is:
scours
'searches' is the definition.
(scouring is a kind of searching)
'way to cross going round the bend' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 's' (Compass direction - South).
'to cross going' becomes 'cors' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the bend' becomes 'U' (a U-bend is a kind of bend - pipe under sink).
'cors' placed around 'u' is 'cours'.
's'+'cours'='SCOURS'
'for a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scours that I've seen before include "Rushes along" , "Cleans by rubbing with rough material" , "Searches thoroughly or cleans abrasively" , "Cleans by hard rubbing." , "Rubs hard or scrubs" .)