Chief in one way demonstrating Churchill's reserve? (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
war chest
'reserve?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to property as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'chief in one way demonstrating churchill's' is the wordplay.
'chief' becomes 'arch' (synonyms).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'one way' becomes 'w' (Compass direction - West).
'demonstrating churchill' becomes 'est' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'w'+'est'='west'
'arch' placed into 'west' is 'WAR CHEST'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for war chest that I've seen before include "Fighting fund" , "ready for fighting?" , "hypothecated funds" , "funds for action?" , "Funds for a campaign" .)