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planeman | 10:38 Fri 22nd Aug 2014 | Crosswords
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5 across: "Childs Banger ? Dad's put his foot down (6)"

I make this POPGUN but cannot find the reason from the clue other than a "Popgun" is a Child's Banger. Pop would appear be for "Dad" but GUN is not obvious in the clue.

Is anyone able to explain this ??
  
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dad= pop, gun = put foot down as in accelerate.
when Balders does 150mph in his motor, its called 'gunning it' or putting your foot down.
'gun' also means to open the throttle of (an engine) so as to accelerate

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/GUN
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Hello and thanks to dannyk13, svejk and bibblebub

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