Criticise and block time on a particular Tuesday (7,3)
I believe the answer is:
pancake day
'a particular tuesday' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to time as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'criticise and block time' is the wordplay.
'criticise' becomes 'pan' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'block' becomes 'cake' (cake is a kind of block).
'time' becomes 'day' (day is a kind of time).
'pan'+'cake'+'day'='PANCAKE DAY'
'on' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pancake day that I've seen before include "Shrove Tuesday" , "Shrove Tues. (colloq.)" .)