At first you use carpet combs, anxiously searching for Adam's needles (6)
I believe the answer is:
yuccas
'adam's needles' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both plants as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'at first you use carpet combs anxiously searching' is the wordplay.
'at first' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'you use carpet combs anxiously searching' is 'YUCCAS'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yuccas that I've seen before include "... tropical American plants" , "Spanish daggers" , "Evergreen plants with tall stout stems" .)