Awaiting attention gone noon and especially at night? (2,4,5)
I believe the answer is:
on ones plate
'awaiting attention' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'gone noon and especially at night?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'gone' could be 'late' (both can mean dead) and 'late' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'noon' is 'onon' which is within the answer.
'especially' could be 'esp' (common abbreviation) and 'esp' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for on ones plate that I've seen is " Waiting to be done".)