Attempt to hold a Scottish breakfast, say, at the front of platter (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
tea tray
'platter' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'attempt to hold a scottish breakfast say at the front' is the wordplay.
'attempt' becomes 'try' (synonyms).
'to hold' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'scottish breakfast say' becomes 'tea' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at the front' says to put letters next to each other.
'try' going around 'a' is 'tray'.
'tray' put after 'tea' is 'TEA-TRAY'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tea tray that I've seen before include "Delivery method for China" , "Where service may be held" , "Pot, cups carrier" , "food transport" , "Domestic carrier" .)