Name dividing Washington and Berlin? (6)
I believe the answer is:
irving
'berlin?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'name dividing washington' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'name' could be 'vin' and 'vin' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for irving that I've seen before include "Sir Henry --, English actor" , "- - Berlin, songwriter" , "-- Berlin, US composer" , "Sir Henry ---, actor; Washington ---, author" , "Famous actor" .)