Carried drill about noon (5)
I believe the answer is:
borne
'carried' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'drill about noon' is the wordplay.
'drill' becomes 'bore' (synonyms).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'noon' becomes 'n'.
'bore' going around 'n' is 'BORNE'.
(Other definitions for borne that I've seen before include "Produced" , "Carried or endured" , "Carried, conveyed" .)