Defeated artillerymen originally evacuated Ypres and Mons? (4)
I believe the answer is:
days
'mons?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to time as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'defeated artillerymen originally evacuated ypres' is the wordplay.
'originally' suggests taking the first letters.
'evacuated' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'ypres' with its middle taken out is 'ys'.
The first letters of 'defeated artillerymen' is 'da'.
'da'+'ys'='DAYS'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for days that I've seen before include "Twenty-four hour periods" , "` `They are not long, the .... of wine and roses' ' (Dowson)" , "Sevenths of a week" , "Periods of 24 hours" , "See 1 down" .)