Working accordingly during test of hairdressing (9)
I believe the answer is:
tonsorial
'working accordingly during test of hairdressing' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'working accordingly during test' is the wordplay.
'working' becomes 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on).
'accordingly' becomes 'so' (both can mean 'therefore', or 'as a result').
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'test' becomes 'trial' (synonyms).
'on'+'so'='onso'
'onso' going within 'trial' is 'TONSORIAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tonsorial that I've seen before include "Barber's" , "using scissors for work?" , "for barber" .)