Lose balance frequently? Hothead at English college starts giving us excuses for careless verbal error (4,2,3,6)
I believe the answer is:
slip of the tongue
'verbal error' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'lose balance frequently? hothead at english college starts giving us excuses for careless' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'frequently?' could be 'oft' (oft can mean frequently, eg oft-quoted) and 'oft' is located in the answer.
'hothead' could be 'h' (head letter of 'hot') and 'h' is found in the answer.
'at' could be 'on' (location) and 'on' is located in the answer.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'college' could be 'u' (abbreviation for University) and 'u' is located in the answer.
'lose balance' could be 'slip' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'slip' 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?
(Other definitions for slip of the tongue that I've seen before include "a small error" , "Error in words" , "mistake one hears" , "vocal error" .)