Quince moved from Madrid to Rome, swallowing European lies about bug (3)
I believe the answer is:
vex
'bug' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'quince moved from madrid to rome swallowing european lies' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'ex' ('from' in Latin) and 'ex' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'v' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'about' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vex that I've seen before include "Irritate, annoy" , "upset" , "Irk" .)