Trailing about somewhat to find bones (4)
'bones' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for isle that I've seen before include "Skye or Capri?" , "The Lake ... of Innisfree (W.B.Yeats)" , "Of Man or Youth, for example" , "Small area of land in water" , "small piece of land" .)
'bones' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for flea that I've seen before include "one is proverbially fit" , "Blood-sucking parasites" , "Leaping insect" , "Biting type" , "Tiny circus performer?" .)
'bones' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both substances as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'trailing about somewhat to' is the wordplay.
'trailing' becomes 'ars' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'somewhat' means to remove the last letter (some but not all of the word).
'to' with its last letter taken away is 't'.
'ars' after 't' is 'TARS'.
'find' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for tars that I've seen is " Sailors".)
'bones' is the definition.
(plural of ilium)
'trailing about somewhat' is the wordplay.
'somewhat' indicates a hidden word.
'about' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'aili' is hidden within 'trailing'.
'aili' in reverse letter order is 'ILIA'.
'to find' acts as a link.
(Another definition for ilia that I've seen is " fused bones".)
'trailing' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'about somewhat to find bones' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'about' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'poo' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for poco that I've seen is " A little (in music)".)