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Hi,please can anyone explain this clue for me? The answer is BRIDAL, but I don't understand why!

What is the clue?

Sorry, the clue is: Check speech for wedding (6) Thanks

bridal - homophone of bridle

Thanks very much. Can you explain further?
I can see that bridle means "check". Does the word "speech" indicate that it is a homophone? The word "bridal" is related to "wedding" but shouldn't the last (or first) word of a cryptic clue mean the the word which is the solution, in this case "wedding"? In that case why does bridal mean "wedding"?

Speech is a homophone indicator and bridal is a synonym of wedding

Thanks. No wonder English was not my best subject at school. No doubt I'll improve as I do more of these!