Opening for dealing with drizzle? (5)
I believe the answer is:
drain
'opening' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'dealing with drizzle?' is the wordplay.
'dealing' becomes 'd' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'drizzle?' becomes 'rain' (drizzle is a kind of rain).
'd'+'rain'='DRAIN'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drain that I've seen before include "Siphon off" , "Nadir (anag.)" , "See 11 dn" , "Waste channel" , "Filter" .)