Doctor wears campaign medal in clothing store (8)
I believe the answer is:
wardrobe
'clothing store' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'doctor wears campaign medal' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'dr' ('Dr' can be a synonym of 'doctor').
'wears' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'campaign' becomes 'war'.
'medal' becomes 'obe' (**).
'war'+'obe'='warobe'
'dr' put within 'warobe' is 'WARDROBE'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wardrobe that I've seen before include "store here" , "Costume department" , "Clothes cupboard associated with ..." , "Tall piece of furniture" , "Storage unit" .)