Get rid of silver held back by one in wedding service? (4,7)
I believe the answer is:
fire brigade
'wedding service?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both groups as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'get rid of silver held back by one in' is the wordplay.
'get rid of' becomes 'fire' (as in firing from a job).
'silver' becomes 'Ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'held back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'by one' becomes 'bride' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'ag' in reverse letter order is 'ga'.
'ga' placed within 'bride' is 'brigade'.
'fire'+'brigade'='FIRE-BRIGADE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fire brigade that I've seen before include "Blaze tacklers" , "9a 19d" , "rescuers" , "Organised group to combat conflagrations" .)