Hose gets kinked, see, when stored in pans (4-5)
I believe the answer is:
knee-socks
'hose' is the definition.
'kinked see when stored in pans' is the wordplay.
'kinked' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'kinks' mean this (kink can mean curve or twist)).
'when stored in' is an insertion indicator.
'pans' becomes 'knocks' (both can mean to criticise).
'see' with letters rearranged gives 'ees'.
'ees' placed inside 'knocks' is 'kneesocks'.
'gets' is the link.
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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