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Home-builder's hen producing good eggs? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bricklayer

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'good eggs?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'home-builder's hen' is the wordplay.
'home builder's' becomes 'brick' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hen' becomes 'layer' (something which lays - eggs in this case).
'brick'+'layer'='BRICKLAYER'

'producing' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for bricklayer that I've seen before include "Labourer" , "Builder of 36 ac" , "Wall builder" , "Construction worker" , "worker in bonds" .)

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