Is swallowing a large double for one’s miseries (4)
I believe the answer is:
ills
'one's miseries' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'is swallowing a large double' is the wordplay.
'swallowing' is an insertion indicator.
'a large' becomes 'l'.
'double' says to double the letters.
'l' duplicated is 'll'.
'is' going around 'll' is 'ILLS'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ills that I've seen before include "Sicknesses or harms" , "complaints" , "Ailments, misfortunes" , "Troubles" , "infections" .)