Bewildering signs of sleep during course of home improvements? (5)
I believe the answer is:
dizzy
'course of home improvements?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I don't see how they can define each other.
'bewildering signs of sleep during' is the wordplay.
'bewildering signs of' becomes 'diy' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sleep' becomes 'zz'.
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'diy' enclosing 'zz' is 'DIZZY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dizzy that I've seen before include "- Gillespie, trumpeter" , "Light-headed - scatterbrained" , "Giddy - silly" , "Giddy - flighty" , "Vertiginous" .)