Man doing the washing up, maybe something into which excess energy can be directed? (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
heat sink
'man doing the washing up maybe something into which excess energy can be directed?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'into which excess energy can be directed?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'into' could be 'in' and 'in' is present in the answer.
'energy' could be 'heat' (heat is a kind of energy) and 'heat' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for heat sink that I've seen before include "Cooling device" , "cooler" .)