Perfect request for dessert (5,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
apple pie order
'perfect' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'request for dessert' is the wordplay.
'request' becomes 'order' (an order is a request from someone in authority).
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'dessert' becomes 'applepie' (I have seen 'Common dessert ' mean 'apple-pie' so perhaps 'dessert' could also mean 'apple-pie').
'order' put after 'applepie' is 'APPLE-PIE ORDER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apple pie order that I've seen before include "Faultless Nick" , "perfect arrangement" , "selection from the dessert menu" , "well-organised in this (5,3,5)" , "Everything's hunky-dory" .)