Silly person in rogue’s embrace carried on amorously (9)
I believe the answer is:
canoodled
'carried on amorously' is the definition.
(to canoodle is to cuddle amorously)
'silly person in rogue's' is the wordplay.
'silly person' becomes 'noodle' (term for a foolish person).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'rogue' becomes 'cad' (I've seen this in another clue).
'noodle' put inside 'cad' is 'CANOODLED'.
'embrace' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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