Garden study or hut I rebuilt, with reluctant worker dismissed (12)
I believe the answer is:
horticulture
'garden study' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'or hut i rebuilt with reluctant worker dismissed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'or' is found in the answer.
'i' is present in the answer.
'dismissed' could be 'c' and 'c' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'hut' is 'htu' which is present in the left over letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for horticulture that I've seen before include "What gardener does" , "after grasses etc" , "Science of gardening" .)