Switching from American to English, actress Swinton's accent? (5)
I believe the answer is:
tilde
'accent?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'switching from american to english actress swinton's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'to' could be 'til' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'til' is present in the answer.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'd' 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 tilde that I've seen before include "Spanish cedilla" , "Mark over the letter 'n' in Spanish" , "Squiggly mark" , "what Spanish writing requires" , "Accent on some Spanish words" .)