Golfer reflected on sloth somewhere in church (5)
I believe the answer is:
aisle
'somewhere in church' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'golfer reflected on sloth' is the wordplay.
'golfer' becomes 'els' (Ernie Els - former number one professional golfer).
'reflected' says the letters should be written backwards.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sloth' becomes 'ai' (ai is a kind of sloth).
'els' reversed gives 'sle'.
'sle' after 'ai' is 'AISLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aisle that I've seen before include "Passage between pews" , "Extension of the nave in a church" , "that would-be bride hopes to make it up!" , "Way between seat blocks" , "'Passage, gangway (5)'" .)