Did he do some gardening on the day he was knighted? (5)
I believe the answer is:
drake
'did he do some gardening on' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'day he was knighted?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'day' could be 'd' (abbreviation for day) and 'd' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rake' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drake that I've seen before include "old sailor" , "Hoe user" , "Male water-bird" , "adventurer from Devon" , "-'s Drum (Newbolt)" .)