Arrange dates here in the Middle East (3,3,3)
I believe the answer is:
the red sea
'middle east' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'arrange dates here in' is the wordplay.
'arrange' indicates an anagram.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'dates' is an anagram of 'tdsea'.
'tdsea' going around 'here' is 'THE RED SEA'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for the red sea that I've seen is " Body of water".)