Manages to convey, when one's given an award (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
gets across
'manages' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'convey when one's given an award' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'convey' could be 'get' (synonyms) and 'get' is found within the answer.
'an' could be 'a' and 'a' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for gets across that I've seen is " Manages to communicate".)