Do the books in gold Macron's said (5)
I believe the answer is:
audit
'do the books' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'gold macron's said' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'Au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'macron's said' becomes 'dit' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'au'+'dit'='AUDIT'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for audit that I've seen before include "Review firm's accounts, annual check" , "special ale" , "vetting of books" , "Formally examine" , "Carry out annual check of firm's accounts" .)