East End locks securing publication in drawer (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
bar magnet
'east end' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'locks securing publication in drawer' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'publication' could be 'mag' (abbreviation for magazine) and 'mag' is found in the answer.
'locks' could be 'barnet' (I've seen this before) and 'barnet' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bar magnet that I've seen before include "Attractive thing" , "something attractive?" , "Attractive block of metal" , "attracting stick?" , "Oblong attractor" .)