Arranging flowers for Eisenhower and Eric (7)
I believe the answer is:
ikebana
'arranging' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'flowers for eisenhower and eric' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'eisenhower' could be 'ike' (Ike was a nickname of President Dwight Eisenhower) and 'ike' is located in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'baa' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ikebana that I've seen before include "artistic arrangement" , "Japanese flower-arranging art" , "craft" , "Japanese art of flower arranging" , "Japanese occupation" .)