Came across bricklayer’s tool and how to use it? (6)
I believe the answer is:
method
'how to use it?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'came across bricklayer's tool' is the wordplay.
'came across' becomes 'met' (to come across is to meet or encounter).
'bricklayer's tool' becomes 'hod' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'met'+'hod'='METHOD'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for method that I've seen before include "Type of acting" , "rule" , "Systematic way of doing something" , "Process, esp. Stanislavsky's" , "Tidy way of doing things" .)