Gardener's means of dislodging a worm out of the earth? (5)
I believe the answer is:
mower
'gardener's means' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'dislodging a worm out of the earth?' is the wordplay.
'dislodging' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'dislodged' mean this).
'out of' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters on the outside of others).
'the earth?' becomes 'E'.
'worm' is an anagram of 'mowr'.
'mowr' enclosing 'e' is 'MOWER'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mower that I've seen before include "Grass cutter" , "Tool for cutting grass" , "Grass-cutter" , "Gardening machine" , "Lawn cutter" .)