Did such virgins employ valets? (6)
I believe the answer is:
vestal
'did such virgins' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can occasionally mean the same thing.
'employ valets?' is the wordplay.
'employ' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'employing' mean this (letters employed or used differently)).
'valets' is an anagram of 'VESTAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vestal that I've seen before include "Modest female" , "Like virgins of old" , "Fat for candles/soap" , "Chaste (Roman priestess)" , "Consecrated Roman virgin" .)