Do survey about some cream? (6)
I believe the answer is:
dollop
'some cream?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'do survey about' is the wordplay.
'survey' becomes 'poll' (polling is a kind of surveying).
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'poll' back-to-front is 'llop'.
'do'+'llop'='DOLLOP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dollop that I've seen before include "Small measure, of mash say" , "Large shapeless lump" , "Semisolid lump" , "Shapeless lump (of food)" , "Small mass of eg cream" .)