Quashes issue from a previous relationship? (7)
I believe the answer is:
stepson
'a previous relationship?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'quashes issue' is the wordplay.
'quashes' becomes 'step' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'issue' becomes 'son' (issue can mean someone's offspring).
'step'+'son'='STEPSON'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stepson that I've seen before include "Child from a spouse's former marriage" , "underfoot?" , "No pests for male issue of spouse - but not of self" , "No pests (anag)" , "Tramples (5,2) -- relative" .)