Barmy Army wanting maiden to go with new spinner's work (4)
I believe the answer is:
yarn
'with new spinner's work' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'barmy army wanting maiden to' is the wordplay.
'barmy' indicates an anagram.
'wanting' indicates named letters should be taken away (to want something can mean to lack it or need it).
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'to' becomes 'n' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'army' with 'm' taken out is 'ary'.
'ary' with letters rearranged gives 'yar'.
'yar'+'n'='YARN'
'go' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yarn that I've seen before include "Anecdote" , "Exaggerated story or spun thread" , "Spun thread; long story" , "Sailor's tale" , "Rambling story" .)
