A blooming prize for the Dairy Queen? (9)
I believe the answer is:
buttercup
'a blooming' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'prize for the dairy queen?' is the wordplay.
'prize' becomes 'cup' (cup is a kind of prize).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the dairy queen?' becomes 'butter' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cup' put after 'butter' is 'BUTTERCUP'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for buttercup that I've seen before include "Common yellow flower" , "Bright yellow flower" , "Dockside seller" , "found in meadow" , "Common meadow flower" .)