Dressing for trifle from field trip (3)
I believe the answer is:
dip
'dressing' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'trifle from field trip' is the wordplay.
'from' is a deletion indicator.
'field'+'trip'='fieldtrip'
'fieldtrip' with 'trifle' taken away is 'DIP'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dip that I've seen before include "baptism" , "Pickpocket's" , "An informal swim or a downward slope" , "Slump" , "Lower into water for short swim" .)