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Wat, whose tyre burst going round a corner (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tyler

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'wat' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'tyre burst going round a corner' is the wordplay.
'burst' indicates an anagram.
'going round' is an insertion indicator (some letters go around others).
'a corner' becomes 'l' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tyre' anagrammed gives 'tyer'.
'tyer' placed around 'l' is 'TYLER'.

'whose' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tyler that I've seen before include "Wat, leader of the Peasants' Revolt" , "Revolting man" , "Revolutionary" , "He had responsibility for rising" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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