Public transport controlled after prince is run over (8)
I believe the answer is:
trampled
'run over' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can sometimes mean the same thing.
'public transport controlled after prince' is the wordplay.
'public transport' becomes 'tram' (type of public transport).
'controlled' becomes 'led' (I've seen this in another clue).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'prince' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'led' put after 'p' is 'pled'.
'tram'+'pled'='TRAMPLED'
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trampled that I've seen before include "crushed" , "Trodden underfoot" , "Walked heavily or roughly" , "Trod roughly underfoot" .)