Sound indication that a watch is fully wound up? (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
eight bells
'indication that a watch is fully wound up?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'sound' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'sound' could be 'bell' (bell is a kind of sound) and 'bell' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'eights' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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