Exeter evacuated, around which wind blows up – American streets emptier? (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
super bowl
'american streets emptier?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'exeter evacuated around which wind blows up' is the wordplay.
'evacuated' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (internal letters are evacuated from the word).
'around which' indicates putting letters inside.
'wind' indicates anagramming the letters.
'exeter' with its middle taken out is 'er'.
'blows'+'up'='blowsup'
'blowsup' is an anagram of 'supbowl'.
'er' going into 'supbowl' is 'SUPER BOWL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for super bowl that I've seen before include "sporting occasion" , "NFL championship match" , "US football final" , "Championship game of the US NFL" , "big game in US" .)