Tipping the fielder so he’ll drop the catches? (8,3,4,2)
I believe the answer is:
greasing the palm of
'he'll drop the catches?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'tipping the fielder so' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'so' could be 'as' (eg 'not as tall as me' means 'not so tall as me') and 'as' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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