There have been some electrical issues this morning at Puzzles HQ, so this cryptic clue from The Times feels particularly apt.
The straight part here is ‘meal at work’ and the answer is POWER BREAKFAST, but why?
The rest of the clue separates the answer into three elements ‘power’, ‘break’ and ‘fast’.
Another word for ‘failure’ is ‘break’ and another term for ‘stop eating’ is to ‘fast’. The word ‘after’ tells us that these words follow a synonym for ‘electricity’ (‘power’).
Did you get it? We hope you did and that you don’t face any failures, electrical or otherwise, today!