Form taken by some gold alloyed with tin? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ingot
'gold alloyed with tin?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'form taken by' is the wordplay.
'form' becomes 'in' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'taken' becomes 'got' ('get' can be a synonym of 'take').
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'in'+'got'='INGOT'
'some' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ingot that I've seen before include "A lump of metal, perhaps gold" , "Mass of cast metal" , "this must be cast" , "Block of precious metal" , "Mass of precious metal" .)