Hate being moderate about working across motorway (9)
I believe the answer is:
abominate
'hate' is the definition.
(I know that abominate is a more specific form of the action hate)
'moderate about working across motorway' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is present in the answer.
'motorway' could be 'mi' (resembles M1, English motorway) and 'mi' is found in the answer.
'working' could be 'on' (on can mean working or activated) and 'on' is found in the remaining letters.
'moderate' could be 'bate' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'bate' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'being' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abominate that I've seen before include "Dislike deeply" , "Condemn" , "Amoeba nit - easy to loathe" , "Be revolted by" , "Loathe, detest" .)