What one of the beach bums might take from Grace Chesterfield? (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
come again
'what' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'one of the beach bums might take from grace chesterfield?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'me' (a setter might use 'one' to humourously mean 'me') and 'me' is located in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for come again that I've seen before include "I'm sorry?" , "Recall" , "What did you say? - egomaniac (anag)" , "eh?" , "return invitation" .)