Doctor Parish after wife in boat (7)
I believe the answer is:
warship
'boat' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'doctor parish after wife' is the wordplay.
'doctor' is an anagram indicator.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'parish' is an anagram of 'arship'.
'arship' put after 'w' is 'WARSHIP'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for warship that I've seen before include "frigate perhaps" , "Fighting vessel" , "Navy asset" , "Eg, destroyer, cruiser" , "It's armed at sea" .)