Going off to dye sheep makes Daddy extremely sentimental (4-4)
I believe the answer is:
dewy-eyed
'sentimental' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'going off to dye sheep makes daddy extremely' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'dye' is 'yed' which is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dewy-eyed that I've seen before include "Naively romantic" , "Affected by nostalgic or sentimental tears?" , "Looking tearful" , "Sentimental or innocently trusting, being ocularly moist?" , "Sentimental with moist optics" .)