Did farm work bound to include apprentices (6)
I believe the answer is:
tilled
'did farm work' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with creating things as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'bound to include apprentices' is the wordplay.
'bound' becomes 'tied' (I've seen this before).
'to include' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'apprentices' becomes 'll' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'tied' enclosing 'll' is 'TILLED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tilled that I've seen before include "Turned the soil" , "Prepared land for growing crops" , "Ploughed" , "Cultivated the land" .)