Nominal half-mile in a taxi (5)
I believe the answer is:
caleb
'nominal' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'half-mile in a taxi' is the wordplay.
'half' suggests halving the letters.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a taxi' becomes 'cab' (synonyms).
'mile' with half the letters taken is 'le'.
'le' going into 'cab' is 'CALEB'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for caleb that I've seen is " Chap".)
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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