Is this used for documenting senior members of the government? (6,7)
I believe the answer is:
filing cabinet
'is this used for documenting senior members' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'the government?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'government?' could be 'g' (abbreviation for government) and 'g' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for filing cabinet that I've seen before include "Traditional receptacle for written data" , "Where documents are found" , "Set of drawers for documents" , "Item of office furniture" , "Document storage unit" .)