Get the answer as fish eats third pavlova (5)
I believe the answer is:
solve
'get the answer' is the definition.
'solve' can be an answer for 'get' (synonyms). I'm not sure about the 'the answer' bit.
'fish eats third pavlova' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'sole' (sole is a kind of fish).
'eats' indicates putting letters inside.
'third pavlova' becomes 'v' (3rd letter of 'pavlova').
'sole' enclosing 'v' is 'SOLVE'.
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for solve that I've seen before include "as you're trying to do now" , "Find the 3dn to a mystery" , "Work out (a problem)" , "Explain (a mystery)" , "Clear up a mystery" .)