Finds, when one assaults (4,5,2)
I believe the answer is:
lays hands on
'finds' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with ownership as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'when one assaults' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'when' could be 'on' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'on' is found in the answer.
'one' could be 'an' (an apple is one apple) and 'an' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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