Graduate consumed by grass laid out by caseworker (6)
I believe the answer is:
lawman
'laid out by caseworker' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'graduate consumed by grass' is the wordplay.
'graduate' becomes 'ma' (abbreviation for Master of Arts).
'consumed by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'grass' becomes 'lawn' (I've seen this before).
'ma' going inside 'lawn' is 'LAWMAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lawman that I've seen before include "Cop" , "Lex?" , "(In the US) a sheriff, for example" .)