Stammered when girl got jab (8)
I believe the answer is:
misspoke
'stammered when girl got jab' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'girl got jab' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'miss' (term of address for an unmarried woman).
'got' says to put letters next to each other.
'jab' becomes 'poke' (synonyms).
'miss'+'poke'='MISSPOKE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for misspoke that I've seen is " as Hillary wrongly said once".)
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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