District water suppliers? (5)
I believe the answer is:
lakes
'district water suppliers?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'water suppliers?' is the wordplay.
'water' becomes 'lake' (lake is a kind of water).
'suppliers?' becomes 's' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'lake'+'s'='LAKES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lakes that I've seen before include "Enclosed areas of water" , "Large bodies of water surrounded by land" , "Bodies of (usually fresh) water" .)