Metal gadget for hitting people on the head? (10)
I believe the answer is:
nutcracker
'metal gadget' 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?
'hitting people on the head?' is the wordplay.
'hitting people' becomes 'cracker' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the head?' becomes 'nut' (informal term for somebody's head).
'cracker' put after 'nut' is 'NUTCRACKER'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nutcracker that I've seen before include "piece of Pavlova" , "The work of Tchaikovsky" , "Opener for brazils, almonds, etc" , "Brazil under pressure from this" , "Bird of the crow family" .)