Show by example from English politician putting condition in line branch (9)
I believe the answer is:
exemplify
'show' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'by example from english politician putting condition in line branch' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'by' could be 'x' (2 by 4 is 2 x 4) and 'x' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'politician' could be 'mp' (Member of Parliament) and 'mp' is present in the answer.
'condition' could be 'if' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'if' is found within the answer.
'line' could be 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem) and 'l' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'y' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for exemplify that I've seen before include "Illustrate" , "Give an illustration of" .)