Artist gives king eastern utensil (4)
I believe the answer is:
rake
'utensil' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'artist gives king eastern' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'artist' could be 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts) and 'ra' is located in the answer.
'king' could be 'k' (abbreviation for king in chess) and 'k' is found within the answer.
'eastern' could be 'e' and 'e' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rake that I've seen before include "set at an angle" , "Roue - inclination" , "Degenerate" , "Roue - garden tool" , "He made progress" .)