They come across rash in hospital round linked with irregular deaths (8)
I believe the answer is:
hotheads
'they come across rash' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.
'hospital round linked with irregular deaths' is the wordplay.
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital).
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'linked with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'irregular' indicates an anagram.
'deaths' is an anagram of 'theads'.
'h'+'o'+'theads'='HOTHEADS'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hotheads that I've seen before include "They don't think" , "Working together" , "Impetuous folk" , "Impetuous people with fiery temperaments" , "like a sound parachutist?" .)