Chopper settled on avenue with time to recover (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
sick leave
'chopper' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'settled on avenue with time to recover' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'avenue' could be 'ave' and 'ave' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sickle' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sick leave that I've seen before include "Time for workers to become better" , "recovery period" , "when not working on this" , "Ill time off work" , "benefit for those who are ill" .)