Report of a Russian ghost ship stopped in the Channel? (2,6)
I believe the answer is:
at anchor
'russian ghost ship stopped in the channel?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'report of a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for at anchor that I've seen before include "(Of a ship) lying secured to the bottom" , "moored in sound" , "still in the water" , "not sailing" , "held in place" .)