Public transport controlled after prince is run over (8)
I believe the answer is:
trampled
'run over' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives can occasionally mean the same thing.
'public transport controlled after prince' is the wordplay.
'public transport' becomes 'tram' (type of public transport).
'controlled' becomes 'led' (I've seen this in another clue).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'prince' becomes 'p' (abbreviation for prince).
'led' put after 'p' is 'pled'.
'tram'+'pled'='TRAMPLED'
'is' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trampled that I've seen before include "crushed" , "Trodden underfoot" , "Walked heavily or roughly" , "Trod roughly underfoot" .)