About and around the Church for a brief look (5)
I believe the answer is:
recce
'a brief look' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'about and around the church' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 're' (regarding).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'around' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa').
'the church' becomes 'CE' (Church of England).
're'+'c'+'ce'='RECCE'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for recce that I've seen before include "Scouting expedition (colloq.)" , "Informal appraisal" , "Preliminary survey" , "Survey to obtain information" , "Inspection" .)