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[hankir]

2D. One learning to steer etc on a navy sub (4)

LOA?

One learning = L

Anagram of On A, gives Loan but why navy sub?

Very few words fit, but cannot figure out how the wordplay works with any of them.

Help appreciated.

[squarebear]

If you sub someone, you give them a loan. Not sure about "navy" though.

[dr b]

a sub is a loan; L (learner) + O (on) + A + N

sub: "money in advance on account of wages due at the end of a certain period. Also gen., an advance of money. local."

[dr b]

navy gives the N in loan

[dr b]

and L as in a driver's license "L" is "one learning to steer etc."

[shoota]

sub - subsidise

[hankir]

Thank you both.

I got stuck with anagram (steer) of "on a" , and thought navy was a word that was part of the definition.