Meal encapsulating a flat opening event? (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
launch pad
'opening event?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'meal encapsulating a flat' is the wordplay.
'meal' becomes 'lunch' (lunch is a kind of meal).
'encapsulating' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are absorbed or encapsulated).
'flat' becomes 'pad' (a person's home).
'lunch' enclosing 'a' is 'launch'.
'launch'+'pad'='LAUNCH-PAD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for launch pad that I've seen before include "explorer's starting place" , "Good place to begin" , "Structure on which a rocket sits" , "Rocket's starting point" , "platform" .)