Formed bed in earth and wintered there? (10)
I believe the answer is:
hibernated
'wintered there?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'formed bed in earth' is the wordplay.
'formed' is an anagram indicator.
'bed'+'in'+'earth'='bedinearth'
'bedinearth' is an anagram of 'HIBERNATED'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for hibernated that I've seen is " Lay dormant till spring".)