Is it always out of the way when stood in a basin? (4)
I believe the answer is:
ewer
'a basin?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'is it always out of the way when stood' is the wordplay.
'is it' becomes 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT').
'always' becomes 'ay' (archaic term for 'always').
'out of' suggests deleting specific letters.
'when' becomes 're' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'stood' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'standing' mean this (in a down clue, letters stand up)).
'way' with 'ay' removed is 'w'.
're' reversed gives 'er'.
'e'+'w'+'er'='EWER'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ewer that I've seen before include "Large water-jug" , "A wide-mouthed water jug" , "Jar for water" , "Container" , "A wide-lipped jug" .)