Charlie finished cutting grass, green again after drought? (9)
I believe the answer is:
recovered
'green again after drought?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'charlie finished cutting grass' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'C' (phonetic alphabet).
'finished' becomes 'over' (over can mean finished or ended).
'cutting' indicates putting letters inside (some letters cut their way into a word).
'grass' becomes 'reed' (type of grass plant).
'c'+'over'='cover'
'cover' placed within 'reed' is 'RECOVERED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for recovered that I've seen before include "came round" , "got back on his feet" , "Got better" , "Found again - recuperated" , "Took back" .)