Distance remote controlled oven nearly starts (9)
I believe the answer is:
kilometre
'distance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'remote controlled oven nearly starts' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'remote' is 'ometre' which is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kilometre that I've seen before include "K stands for this" , "5/8ths of a mile" , "0.621 of a mile" , "Unit of distance" , "Measure of distance" .)