Sign of fear, politician overwhelmed by stacks of flyers? (5,7)
I believe the answer is:
goose pimples
'sign of fear' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'politician overwhelmed by stacks of flyers?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'politician' could be 'mp' (Member of Parliament) and 'mp' is found within the answer.
'stacks' could be 'piles' ('pile' can be a synonym of 'stack') and 'piles' is located in the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'goose' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for goose pimples that I've seen before include "Bumps on the skin when excited" , "Skin condition when feeling cold" , "Prickling of skin from cold, fear, etc" , "uneven skin" , "Horripilation" .)