During which clerical staff are working and skaters are resting? (6,5)
I believe the answer is:
office hours
'working and skaters are resting?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'during which clerical staff' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'staff' could be 'office' (office is a kind of staff) and 'office' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hours' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'are' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for office hours that I've seen before include "Say, nine to five" , "Time spent working" .)